Petoskey Area Blog
Wineries You’ll Want to Visit
A special kind of cold, hardy grape in this special area is why our local wineries are so popular. While you’re here, be sure to visit the tasting rooms in one — or a few. We even have companies who will do the driving for you. Relax, sip, savor, and [...]
16 Courses Worth the Drive
If golf is a big part of your vacation, the Petoskey Area will fit you to a tee. This is where golfing traditions are started, golfing stories shared, and golfing memories created to last a lifetime. While northern Michigan is blessed with more than its fair share of exceptional golf [...]
Relive Petoskey area history with the Little Traverse Bay Ferry Co.
Feature Photo: Courtesy of Little Traverse Bay Ferry Co. Upon your arrival in the Petoskey area, you realize you’re surrounded by blue. Glittering swaths of freshwater in cerulean, turquoise, and cobalt shades meet your eye at every turn. Forget driving—you want to be out riding the Lake Michigan waves. But, [...]
Biking in the Petoskey Area is a Scenic Delight
Whether you like to bike on smooth, paved pathways or rugged, exciting mountain trails, you’ll find the scenic views in the Petoskey Area second to none. Bring your bike with you or rent one while you’re here. Then let the good times roll through and around our resort towns of [...]
Why hiking is one of the top things to do in Petoskey, MI
Okay hikers, listen up. For some of the most fun, invigorating, interesting hiking experiences anywhere around, the Petoskey Area of northern Michigan has you covered. The Petoskey Area includes the very cool, very friendly resort towns of Petoskey (makes sense), Harbor Springs, Bay Harbor, and Boyne City. And while there [...]
Outdoor Art in the Petoskey Area
Each season in Petoskey Area is a season of discovery or emergence. There is no greater time than the present to view all of the outdoor art – statues, murals, and sculptures – in the Petoskey Area. There are murals in Petoskey and sculptures dotted throughout Boyne City, Petoskey, Harbor [...]
Getting Started in Fly Fishing
The mere thought of Fly Fishing usually summons an image of some serene location. Standing in moving water, crabapple tree blossoms fill the air with fragrance, Cedar waxwings dart from tree limb to deadfall waiting for the next mayfly, and dimples on the water surface sporadically appear as trout race [...]
Witness wonders at the Headlands Dark Sky Park
Header Image Photo Credit: MEDC/Pure Michigan Where in the Petoskey area can you go to chase the northern lights, watch meteor showers, take a hike on almost 600 acres of land, learn about astronomy, attend photography workshops, and hold a wedding or other large event? The Headlands Dark Sky Park [...]
Escape the mid-winter blues in the Petoskey Area
And just like that it’s February. Ole Phil’s been here and seen his shadow leaving our skiers happy and beach lovers not so much. In the end, though, Mother Nature will do whatever she darn well pleases just like she always does. If you’ve got the mid-winter blues it’s probably [...]
Six Fun Things to do this Spring in the Petoskey Area
In like a lion, out like a lamb. Winter is done and though the lion tried to rear its head a bit in the final days of the season, it’s over. Our awesome resorts plan to keep skiers and riders happy right up until April 2, but now snow guns [...]