By bus
By bus
Grand Traverse and Leelanau County's Bay Area Transportation Authority BATA (http://www.bata.net) has bus service to both Empire and Glen Arbor, M-F, and connections with the Greyhound bus network in Traverse City.
By plane
By plane
Traverse City's Cherry Capital Airport TVC has regular commercial air service from Detroit, Chicago and other regional airports.
By car
By car
The National Lakeshore is several miles from Traverse City: Take M-72 west to Empire, then the western leg of M-22 and/or M-109 to access most areas of the park.