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Plan Your Trip to the Great Lakes Bay
Ready to explore our six charming small towns, but not sure where to start (or stop for lunch)? We’ve gathered all the essentials to keep it simple.
Top trip ideas by city or season, and pre-set plans whether you’re here for a day or the weekend. Bucket lists designed for first-timers, curated self-guided tours, and inspiration guides packed cover-to-cover. Pore over each of them before you hit the road!
Things To Do
For sunny waterfront fun to excursions by moonlight, pre-plan with this bucket list to pack your long weekend with a lifetime of memories when you Go Great Lakes Bay in Michigan!
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Things To Do
Spend a long weekend checking items off this bursting bucket list when you Go Great Lakes Bay in Michigan — and have a four-day adventure your family will never forget! Because here, it’ll be a toss up: who had more fun, the parents or kids?
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Guide
Consider these pages your compass to finding moments of pure greatness, sprinkled across our six charming small towns.
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Blog
Get your fill of inspiration as you travel our six inviting small towns through these stories.
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Visitor Information Centers
Our Destination Ambassadors are here to greet you with genuine & thoughtful service — and irreplaceable local insights that'll help you enjoy a meaningful, memorable trip.
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Featured Trip Ideas
From bucket lists by city to trips curated for all four seasons — your essential travel prep starts here.
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Weather
Discover the depth of beauty in a place with four distinctive Pure Michigan seasons — and make mental note of what to wear & what to pack in each.
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How to Get Here
Hold out your left hand. See where the thumb meets the rest of the hand? That’s right where you’ll be when you Go Great Lakes Bay in Michigan!
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