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Gaylord

Gaylord is a sightseeing stop in Gaylord, MI, part of the Traverse City & Northern Michigan guide. Cost: free.

· Gaylord, MI

Why you should go…

Gaylord markets itself as an outdoor playground at the top of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, with forest trails, winding rivers, and more than 90 inland lakes nearby. It's a year-round hub for golf, hiking, and biking in summer and skiing and snowmobiling in winter, with elk-viewing tours in the surrounding forests come fall.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Gaylord, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Outdoor Adventure

    Petoskey State Park

    Under $25

    A Lake Michigan beach where visitors comb the shoreline for Michigan's official state stone.

    33 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor

  • Museums
    Quirky Fun

    Music House Museum

    Under $25

    A collection of antique automated music machines, from player organs to a theater pipe organ.

    35 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Charlevoix

    Free

    A storybook harbor town of mushroom-shaped cottages and a working drawbridge.

    37 mi awayMore like this

  • Eat & Drink
    Local Gem

    Chateau Grand Traverse

    Under $25

    One of the founding wineries of the Old Mission Peninsula wine trail, on a narrow strip between two bays.

    41 mi awaySwitch it up: Eat & Drink

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    Grand Traverse Lighthouse

    Under $25

    An 1852 lighthouse at the tip of Leelanau Peninsula, now a maritime museum with a climbable tower.

    46 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    Traverse City

    Free

    Northern Michigan's Cherry Capital, wrapped around Grand Traverse Bay with wineries and sandy beaches.

    48 mi awayMore like this