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M-22 Leelanau / Sleeping Bear Shore

A 116-mile loop highway tracing the Lake Michigan shoreline of the Leelanau Peninsula, from Manistee in the south through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, north to Northport, then south along Grand Traverse Bay back to Traverse City. Designated as both the Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route and a Pure Michigan Byway, and part of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour. The route is rolling and mostly wooded with lake views, vineyard scenery near Suttons Bay, and access to the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. Voted the nation's best scenic autumn drive by readers in 2015.

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