There are private neighborhoods within the community that are gated, but other areas that are open to the public. Ride your bike here on the Little Traverse Wheelway which is a 23 mile non-motorized path from Charlevoix to Harbor Springs. Make Bay Harbor a stopping point. You can also drive here and park and walk to several of the amenities. Bay Harbor is also the largest per capita user of GEM Global Electric Motor vehicles in the world. The 300 GEM cars at Bay Harbor save our atmosphere from an estimated 450 tons of carbon emissions annually.