Sunrise Landing Motel & Resort

6530 N. West Bay Shore Dr.

Northport, MI. 49670

800-488-5762    231-386-5010

 

GPS Coordinates N 45 4.696  W 85 35.505

 

Sunrise Landing is located 22 miles North of Traverse City and 3 miles South of Northport. We are situated right on West Grand Traverse Bay and have 150' of clean sandy beach.  Sunrise Landing is central to all the villages and attractions in Leelanau County so you can branch out yet never be far from home.

After a long day, unwind by building a beach fire then lay back and enjoy all the stars. In the morning get your day started by enjoying a cup of freshly made coffee from the lobby.

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The "State Stone" a Petoskey
The Petoskey Stone is a coral that lived 350 million years ago during the Devonian Age when the northern part of Michigan was covered with a sea of warm water. The scientific name is Hexagonaria porcarinata (Hexagonaria meaning having six sides). The Petoskey stone can be found in Michigan from the shores of Traverse City across the state to Alpena. It can be found in gravel pits, on road beds, and on the shores of Lake Michigan from Traverse City north. Leelanau County has many good beaches to look for the "state stone". Early spring is a good time to look for the stone after the ice has melted along the shore. Each year, as the ice of Lake Michigan breaks up and the wind shifts the ice back and forth, it pushes a new crop of fossils to shore. During the summer months the best time to look for the stone is after a wind storm or during a mist rain when the stones will show the fossil pattern more clearly.

 You can find them on "our beach" Christmas Cove, Peterson Park, Leelanau State Park, also at Grand Traverse Lighthouse.

 

 

This lighthouse marks the end of the Leelanau Peninsula and has guided ships in the Manitou Passage of Lake Michigan for nearly 150 years making it one of the oldest on the Great Lakes. This lighthouse is sponsored by the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Foundation and features a historic and educational museum resembling a lighthouse keeper's home of the 1920s and 30s with a variety of exhibits depicting a broad spectrum of maritime and local history. You can also now become a Guide and a working hand at the light house, so contact the volunteer keeper program for more details. 

 

Grand Traverse Lighthouse

  Click for the latest Northport weather forecast. The Villages of Leelanau County

Northport-Omena          Suttons Bay        Leland          Lake Leelanau

Cedar          Maple City      Empire    

Glen Arbor             Greilickville

 

Public Beaches

We have many beaches in our county.

Leelanau State Park

Christmas Cove, Peterson Park

Gills Pier, Third Street & Public beach in Northport, Suttons Bay beach, Van's beach in Leland, Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore just to name a few.

 

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10-26-11