
Rooms · 380 sq ft
Birch Room
The standard room, which is a phrase that does it no justice. Tongue-and-groove cedar, a real wood stove with the logs stacked, and a bed facing the lake.
Third night free, Sunday to Thursday — The Long Weekend
Traverse City, Michigan
Two hundred and sixty rooms in cedar and stone on four hundred feet of shoreline. A small, serious casino, a kitchen built around the lake and the orchards behind it, and a dock you can jump off.

Where you sleep
All rates below are per room per night before tax, and every one of them is refundable on the flexible plan.
All accommodation
Rooms · 380 sq ft
The standard room, which is a phrase that does it no justice. Tongue-and-groove cedar, a real wood stove with the logs stacked, and a bed facing the lake.
Rooms · 420 sq ft
Upstairs in the main lodge, with a dormer window, a drying rack for wet things and a bench by the door for boots. Built for people who come back muddy.


Rooms · 480 sq ft
Water on one side, birch forest on the other, and light from about five in the morning through to ten at night in midsummer. Blackout blinds provided.
Suites · 820 sq ft
Built above the old boathouse with its own stair down to a private dock. A sitting room with a stone hearth, a small kitchen and the sound of water underneath you.


Cabins · 1200 sq ft
Six cabins along the shore, each with a screened porch, a fire ring, a full kitchen and enough distance from the next one that you will not hear them.
What there is to do
Guided options run daily in season and can be arranged out of it with a day's notice.
Everything here
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Gaming
Twenty-eight thousand square feet, which is small on purpose. Four hundred machines, 22 tables and dealers who will happily teach you craps on a quiet Tuesday.
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Lake
Canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and a small sailing fleet, all free to guests. The lake is spring-fed and cold until about July, which regulars consider a feature.
More about On the Water

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Forest
Eleven miles of marked trail from the back door, groomed for cross-country skiing once the snow comes. Snowshoes and skis in the boot room, free.
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Wellness
A wood-fired sauna on the shore and a ladder straight into the lake. Six treatment rooms in the lodge for when that sounds like too much.
More about The Sauna House
Eat and drink
One room for a long dinner, one for a fast one, and one that is open when nothing else is.
All venues
Lake and orchard · $$$
Whitefish from the lake, cherries and apples from the farms behind us, and game in season. The menu changes about every ten days.
Dinner, 5:30–9:30 PM

Tavern · $$
A proper tavern: a long bar, a fire, a pasty that would pass in the Upper Peninsula, and about forty Michigan beers on the list.
11 AM–midnight

Breakfast & bakery · $
Cherry pastry, strong coffee and a full breakfast for anyone heading out early. Packed lunches made to order if you ask the night before.
6 AM–1 PM

Seasonal bar · $$
Out on the water, open when the weather allows, closed when it does not. Cold drinks, a short food menu and the best seat for the sunset.
Noon–11 PM, May–October

Fireside dining · $$$
Twenty seats around an open fire in the old lodge, one menu, served at seven. Book it a long way ahead.
Dinner, Thu–Sun
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Rooms and cabins
28,000
Square feet of casino
6
Restaurants and bars
400
Feet of shoreline
Offers
Combine with nothing, unfortunately — but the discount is taken off the real rate, not an inflated one.
Code LONGWEEKThird night free, Sunday to Thursday
Arrive Sunday through Wednesday, stay three nights and the third is on us. Breakfast at Cherrystone included.
Terms and booking
Winter rates from November
Once the lake turns, the rates drop and the lodge gets very quiet. Skis, snowshoes and the sauna are all included.
Terms and booking
Seven nights, one price
Take a shoreline cabin for a full week at a flat rate, with a boat of your choice tied up at your dock for the duration.
Terms and bookingGetting here
Traverse City, MI 49686
