Michigan town named top summer destination
National Geographic Magazine has named Traverse City, Michigan as one of the best summer trips 2012 in an international survey. That puts it in the same company as St. Petersburg, Russia, Barcelona, Spain and California’s Channel Islands.
What and where is Traverse City?
It’s a small beach town in northern Michigan with less than 15,000 residents that in the past has been perhaps best-known as the US’s largest producer of tart cherries. But with 180 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 149 inland lakes of 10 acres or more, it has also emerged as a tourist destination. During the week-long Cherry festival in July, it might attract half a million visitors.
"The region’s 180 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline basically trace the upper left edge of Michigan’s ‘mitten," reads the article on National Geographic’s website. It adds:
"Add another 149 inland lakes that are 10 acres or larger and you get a rambling Cape Cod-on-freshwater summer playground: quaint port villages, sandy beaches, historic lighthouses, rolling orchards, family-friendly festivals (including the National Cherry Festival, July 7-14), and summer-only Traverse City Beach Bums pro baseball games (team members bunk with local families)."
By David wilkening
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