Its location on Lake Michigan means that several of Michigan's 115 lighthouses are within easy access of the Grand Traverse Bay Area. Five, in particular, are nearby:
Cherry Bowl Drive In
9812 Honor Highway in Honor, 231-325-3413, (http://www.cherrybowldriv...). 1 screen. Open May through September; movies begin at dusk. Open since 1953, still featuring the original vacuum tube motiograph amplifier sound system to provide a nostalgic experience. Double-feature nightly, plus introduction film and intermission with vintage cartoons. On-site 1950s-style mini-golf putt-putt course, hula hoops, frisbee, volleyball, and the Cherry Bowl Diner with the original 1953 popcorn popper. Admission $7.50.Interlochen Center for the Arts
4000 Highway M-137 in Interlochen, 231-276-7200, (http://www.interlochen.org/). A fine arts school established in 1928, offering over 600 arts presentations each year by students, faculty and world-renowned guest artists.Dennos Museum Center
at the Northwestern Michigan College, 1701 E Front Street, Traverse City, MI 49684, 231-995-1055, (http://www.dennosmuseum.org/). The Dennos Museum Center seeks to engage, entertain and enlighten its audiences through the collection of art and the presentation of exhibitions and programs in the visual arts, sciences and performing arts. The museum offers a wide variety of programs in the visual and performing arts and holds one of the largest and most historically complete collections of Inuit Art in the United States.