Traverse City, Michigan

Quiet water,
long light

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.

  • Traverse City, Michigan
  • Free self-parking
  • Wi-Fi in every room
The resort building seen from outside
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No booking fee Free cancellation on the flexible rate Free self-parking and Wi-Fi Resort fee of $34 per night and tax are shown before you confirm

Where you sleep

Where you actually sleep

All rates below are per room per night before tax, and every one of them is refundable on the flexible plan.

All accommodation
A guest room with a large bed and soft lighting

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.

From$189/ night
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Rooms · 420 sq ft

Maple Double

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.

From$209/ night
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A guest room with a large bed and soft lighting
A suite sitting room with a sofa and armchairs

Rooms · 480 sq ft

Point Room

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.

From$259/ night
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Suites · 820 sq ft

Boathouse Suite

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.

From$399/ night
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A suite sitting room with a sofa and armchairs
A suite sitting room with a sofa and armchairs

Cabins · 1200 sq ft

Shoreline Cabin

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.

From$549/ night
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What there is to do

The part that is not the casino

Guided options run daily in season and can be arranged out of it with a day's notice.

Everything here
Gaming chips and cards on the table felt

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The Lodge Casino

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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On the Water

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.

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The outdoor swimming pool with loungers alongside
A spa treatment room prepared for a guest

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The Trails

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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The Sauna House

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.

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A performance on the stage, seen from the room

Eat and drink

Cooking worth the trip on its own

One room for a long dinner, one for a fast one, and one that is open when nothing else is.

All venues
A cook working at the open kitchen

North Point

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

The dining room, laid for service

The Grange

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

The cafe counter with stools alongside

Cherrystone

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

Wine glasses and bottles on the counter

The Dock Bar

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

A cocktail being finished at the bar

The Hearth Room

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

260

Rooms and cabins

28,000

Square feet of casino

6

Restaurants and bars

400

Feet of shoreline

Offers

Worth planning around

Combine with nothing, unfortunately — but the discount is taken off the real rate, not an inflated one.

The planted gardens on the groundsCode LONGWEEK

The Long Weekend

Third night free, Sunday to Thursday

Arrive Sunday through Wednesday, stay three nights and the third is on us. Breakfast at Cherrystone included.

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The outdoor swimming pool with loungers alongside

First Ice

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.

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A spa treatment room prepared for a guest

A Week in a Cabin

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.

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Getting here

88 Birch Point Road

Traverse City, MI 49686

  • Free self-parking for every guest
  • Fifteen minutes from the station, an hour from the coast
  • (231) 555-0183 — reservations, 7 AM to 9 PM
The property and its surroundings from the air
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