Traverse City, Michigan

Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. (For regional information, see the article on Northern Michigan.) As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 14,532. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County6. Tourism is a leading industry. It is the self-proclaimed Cherry Capital of the World. Besides cherries, the surrounding countryside produces grapes and is one of the centers of wine production in the state.

Transportation

With a new terminal completed in 2004, Cherry Capital Airport, provides regularly scheduled passenger airline service to Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, as well as smaller Michigan destinations to the north.

Related Topics:
Cherry Capital Airport - Airline - Chicago, Illinois - Detroit

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Adjacent to the airport is a United States Coast Guard air station (CGAS), responsible for both maritime and land-based search and rescue operations in the northern Great Lakes region.

Related Topics:
United States Coast Guard - Search and rescue - Great Lakes

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The city is a junction point for several highways:

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• U.S. Highway 31 cuts west across the base of the Leelanau peninsula to Benzonia before continuing south to Manistee and other points on the Lake Michigan shore. Northwards, it continues along the east shore of Grand Traverse Bay to Charlevoix and Petoskey, ending just before reaching Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge.
• Michigan State Highway 37 runs almost due south through the Manistee National Forest to Grand Rapids. It continues north up Old Mission Peninsula to end at Old Mission Point in the middle of Grand Traverse Bay.
• Michigan State Highway 72 runs east-west, connecting with Empire and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 22 mile west and with U.S. Highway 131, 25 miles east.
• Michigan State Highway 22 follows the Lake Michigan shoreline around the Leelanau Peninsula, providing a pleasant, scenic drive.