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Mission Point Lighthouse: Another Pretty Great Place in Traverse City
Located at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula, the Mission Point Lighthouse dates back to 1870. Take a look and discover what makes it Another Pretty Great Place in TC.
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Old Mission Point Lighthouse Traverse City MI
Let's Visit the Old Mission Point Lighthouse
Located at the tip of Old Mission Point north of Traverse City, MI, the Old Mission Point Lighthouse is a beautiful lighthouse located where both arms of Grand Traverse Bay come together.
Old Mission Tours, Traverse City, MI
Lighthouse Tour, Old Mission Point - REAL USA Ep. 100
In our first lighthouse episode we received a lot of comments wanting to see the inside of a lighthouse, and in this episode we have managed to accomplish that! Situated on a thin peninsula sticking out into Grand Traverse Bay the Old Mission Lighthouse allows visitors to climb all the way to the top and enter the light chamber with a great view of Lake Michigan!
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Old Mission Point Lighthouse Park
Old Mission Point Lighthouse Park, Grand Traverse County
Hometown Tourist Mission Point Lighthouse
Hometown Tourist Mission Point Lighthouse
Michigan Old Mission Peninsula Light House
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Grand Traverse Lighthouse Traverse City Michigan
Mission Point Lighthouse at the 45th parallel north
Mission Point Light is located in Michigan at the end of Old Mission Point, Michigan, a peninsula jutting into Grand Traverse Bay 17 miles north of Traverse City, Michigan. When it was built in 1870, it was an exact copy of the Mama Juda Lighthouse (now destroyed), which was built on the Detroit River in 1866.
The lighthouse stands a few hundred yards south of the 45th parallel north, halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1933 and purchased by the State of Michigan.
The lighthouse, which is now part of the Peninsula Township Park, is used as a private residence for park employees and is not open to the public. It is located at the northern terminus of M-37.
Old Mission Peninsula Virtual
My wife and I spent a long weekend in the Traverse City area and spent one day on Old Mission Peninsula. One of our stops was at Lighthouse Park where we found a virtual. Come along as we take a short tour of a log cabin and a lighthouse. A great piece of northern Michigan history.
Grand Traverse Lighthouse
Here's a 360 view from the tower of the Grand Traverse Lighthouse at sunset on June 14, 2008
7888 Peninsula Traverse City Michigan
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Mission Point Lighthouse 2-12-7 the 45th parallel north
Mission Point Light is located in Michigan at the end of Old Mission Point, Michigan, a peninsula jutting into Grand Traverse Bay 17 miles north of Traverse City, Michigan. When it was built in 1870, it was an exact copy of the Mama Juda Lighthouse (now destroyed), which was built on the Detroit River in 1866.
The lighthouse stands a few hundred yards south of the 45th parallel north, halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1933 and purchased by the State of Michigan.
The lighthouse, which is now part of the Peninsula Township Park, is used as a private residence for park employees and is not open to the public. It is located at the northern terminus of M-37.
Old Mission Peninsula, September 23rd
After you make the drive to the Old Mission Light be sure to wear some comfortable hiking shoes and walk out to the very last dry rock. There you can see a spectacular view of the Grand Traverse Bay and see waves come at you from the right and the left.
This Time lapse was from the very last dry rock. The tripod was in the water and it was a windy windy day. I had an bubble umbrella pressed against the wind to protect myself from wind chill.
grand traverse lighthouse
From the fly-in at Woolsey Memorial Airport in Northport Michigan I was able to fly to the tip of the leelanau peninsula to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse, the entrance to Grand Traverse Bay Created using Serif MoviePlus
Driving on The Old Mission Peninsula
drive up the peninsula in traverse city late fall after iceman
2018.07.16 Old Mission Peninsula
Today we explored the Old Mission Peninsula, just north of Traverse City. We began the day with a picnic lunch at Haserot Beach, and then drove up to the Old Mission Lighthouse at the far northern tip of the peninsula. From there, we went to the Old Mission Country Store. After driving past the Old Mission Inn, we drove through many scenic cherry orchards, and then went to Bonobo Winery for wine tasting. After that, I picked cherries before we wrapped up the drive.
Old Mission Peninsula, just north of downtown Traverse City, projects into the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. The Old Mission Point Lighthouse is located at the northern end of the peninsula. The peninsula is included in the Old Mission Peninsula AVA, an American Viticultural Area known for its Michigan wine. The Grand Traverse region has two of Michigan's four federally recognized wine growing areas. The settlement at Old Mission, founded in 1839, was the first community founded by Europeans in the Grand Traverse Bay region. By 1841 there were 5 log buildings as well as several wigwams at the settlement. By 1850 the settlement had grown to a considerable size, and the schooner Arrow was making weekly trips to the mission from Mackinaw City.
Mission Point Light is one of 129 Michigan lighthouses. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state. Only 38 Michigan lighthouses are open to the public on a regular schedule.
From 1933 until 1948, Mission Point Lighthouse sat alone and empty. Local residents then raised about $1900 for the Township to purchase the lighthouse and adjacent grounds. Since then caretakers have lived in and helped to care for and restore the lighthouse. The lighthouse has been added to the National and State Historic Register, and visitors can now climb the tower and tour the museum. A 5th Order Fresnel Lens is on display, giving a real picture of how the light was kept. The museum admission and gift shop purchases go toward the continued restoration of the lighthouse and the grounds.
The Old Mission General Store is one of Michigan’s oldest general stores. Dating to the mid-1800's, today it offers goods, gifts and food for locals and tourists. The store has been in its current location since the Civil War, and today part of the original structure still stands in the store's center section, with its worn, wooden floors and potbellied stove. The general store also boasts one of the oldest post offices in the state. Visitors are immediately greeted with penny candy, jams and jellies and barrels of fresh fruit, plus the aroma of coffee. Antiques, gifts, and a wide variety of knickknacks and oddities crowd the shelves and ceiling beams. They even had pickled quail eggs in jars, which I had not seen in years.
Cherries are believed to have come from China around 4,000 B.C., and are named after Cerasus, a town in Turkey. Michigan's cherry history isn't quite as long. It was 1852 when Peter Dougherty, a Presbyterian missionary, planted the first cherry orchard in the Grand Traverse Area. Local Indian farmers had grown other fruit trees in the area and had told Dougherty not to plant them. He ignored them and planted the first cherry orchard on the Old Mission Peninsula, located in Grand Traverse Bay. Much to everyone's surprise the cherry trees flourished and soon other orchards were planted all over Northern Michigan.
Cherry trees can grow just about anywhere. However, they need specific conditions to grow to their full potential and the Grand Traverse Region possesses them. The orchards are usually planted on rolling hills and sandy soil, because this condition is needed for water drainage and air flow. Lake Michigan also plays a part helping to calm the cold winter winds and keeping the orchards cool in the summer. These conditions made the Grand Traverse area excellent for growing cherries commercially.
Today Traverse City is known nationally as the Cherry Capital of the World. The five counties around Traverse City make up the region that produces 40 percent of the annual tart cherry crop in the United States. Orchards line the Lake Michigan coast from Benton Harbor to the Grand Traverse Area. Montmorency is the primary tart cherry grown in the United States today. It has been grown in this country for more than a century because it's perfect for pies, preserves, jellies, juices, and other products.
This area is really beautiful. We thought it was so unique to see cherry orchards, vineyard, and apple orchards all in the same area. I did some wine tasting at Bonobo Winery, which is owned by Amy Smart and husband Carter Oosterhouse. Carter grew up in the area, and is known for shows on HGTV, as well as Trading Spaces. I tasted 6 wines – three were good, and I bought a bottle of each. The area has a reputation for sweet wines, but the ones I bought were not and were quite good.
2017 Traverse City Family Vacation
Highlights from our 2017 family vacation to Traverse City Michigan. We visited Otter Creek Beach, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Great Wolf Lodge and Downtown Traverse City. We also explored the Old Mission Lighthouse on the Peninsula of the Grand Traverse Bay!
Music by Joakim Karud