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The Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route is a Pure Michigan Byway on the Leelanau Peninsula in Leelanau County in the US state of Michigan that follows three different highways: [1] M-22 around the shoreline of the peninsula between the Benzie–Leelanau county line south of Empire and Traverse City; M-109 through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National ...
The Leelanau Peninsula, as well as much of Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, was ceded from the first peoples to the United States in the 1836 Treaty of Washington. [5] Leelanau County was set off in 1840 and organized in 1863. [6] The first railroads on the peninsula were built in 1892. [7]
M-22 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It is 116.7 miles (187.8 km) long and follows the Lake Michigan shoreline of the Leelanau Peninsula, making up a portion of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour. It also passes through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Leelanau Peninsula: Northport: The Grand Traverse Light was built in 1858, replacing a separate round tower built in 1852. The lighthouse is located inside Leelanau State Park. 8: Grove Hill New Mission Church: Grove Hill New Mission Church
990 South Lake Leelanau Drive (County Road 641) Lake Leelanau vicinity August 15, 1975: Howard E. Gill Building 206 Rose Street Northport: July 26, 1978: Glen Arbor Roller Mills 5426 W. Harbor Hwy. (M-22) Glen Arbor: November 7, 1977: Grand Traverse Light Station† N point of Leelanau Peninsula, at the end of County Road 629 Northport vicinity ...
M-204 is a state trunkline highway that runs across the Leelanau Peninsula between Leland and Suttons Bay in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The trunkline runs through a rural section of Leelanau County, connecting two villages with the county seat. Originally a gravel road in 1933, it was later paved within the ...
The tour continues to follow US 31 to Manistee where it joins M-22 up and around the Leelanau Peninsula, with a special spur loop following M-109. It rejoins US 31 at Traverse City and follows US 31 to the northern terminus of US 31 south of Mackinaw City .
Leelanau County (/ ˈ l iː l ə n ɔː / LEE-lə-naw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,301. [2] Since 2008, the county seat has been located within Suttons Bay Township, one mile east of the unincorporated village of Lake Leelanau. [3]