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Attractions near Traverse City

Leave Traverse City for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 16 mi away

A typical year brings about 1.6M visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. No place to visit is mapped inside Traverse City; 2 are within 40 miles. They include a national lakeshore and a museum. The big name further out is Higgins Lake, 48 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
5
within 60 miles
The big one
16 mi
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
National park units
1
parks & monuments
National Lakeshore · 16 mi west

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Protected area.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

What’s around Traverse City

Michigan Legacy Art Park marks the outer edge, 26 mi away.

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Orange: Traverse City. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The list in full

5 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Traverse City →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain · Higgins Lake: Hgjudd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edward E. Hartwick Memorial Building: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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