Located on Grand Traverse Bay, 250 miles north of Detroit and 100 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge, Traverse City is without a doubt one of the most beautiful and unique resort regions in the United States.

Relatively far from the maddening crowd, the Traverse City Film Festival’s home is a medium-sized city with the heart of a small town and a charm all its own. The Boardman River runs through it, and empties into Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay within the city limits.

According to the following publications, Traverse City is:

Bon Appetit Magazine—America’s Top Five Foodie Towns

USA Today—Ten Great Places for Local Wines

USA Today—Ten Great Places to Get the Scoop On Ice Cream

TripAdvisor.com—America’s Top 10 Wine Destinations (ranked #8)

TripAdvisor.com—Top 10 Charming Small Towns (ranked #2)

AOL Travel News—America’s Best Beach Towns (ranked #8)

AOL Travel News—Top 10 Coolest Towns in the States

Livability.com—Top 10 Surprising Foodie Towns (ranked #1)

Midwest Living Magazine—Top 5 Food Towns (ranked #2)

NationalGeographic.com—America’s Top Adventure Towns

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Hundreds of acres of national and state park land, including the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, make the surrounding region a nature lover’s paradise. And waterside towns from Petoskey, Elk Rapids and Alden to Suttons Bay, Glen Lake and Northport offer one-of-a-kind cultural, culinary and shopping experiences to visitors and locals alike.

Plan your trip to the Grand Traverse region using the MyNorth Vacation Guide to Traverse City, an interactive online magazine produced by the staff at Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine. Or take a Video Vacation to Traverse City on MyNorth.com right now.

Visit the Traverse City Convention and Visitors Bureau web site for complete information about visiting the Traverse City region.