Area Description: Lake Herendeene - Right out the back door! There is so much to do during your stay at Lake Herendeene Cottage, starting with boating, fishing and relaxing on quiet, scenic and beautiful Lake Herendeene. Most of the area around the lake is a natural area, with abundant wildlife, including deer, turkeys, loons, eagles, coyotes and whip-or-wills. Pictured above is the path down to your personal dock, where a rowboat and a canoe are waiting to glide you out across the waters. The lake is very deep and cool in the summer and is fed by a small creek with a covered bridge called 'Joshua's Crossing" that you can walk through at the nearby Sleepy Bear Resort... The cottage is just about a mile from the Village of Lake Ann, a quaint small village with nice parks and a good old-fashioned general store 'Lake Ann Grocery' where you can stock up on everything... Take it from me, you will not be bored during your stay - ... [Read More]

Area Description: Lake Herendeene - Right out the back door! There is so much to do during your stay at Lake Herendeene Cottage, starting with boating, fishing and relaxing on quiet, scenic and beautiful Lake Herendeene. Most of the area around the lake is a natural area, with abundant wildlife, including deer, turkeys, loons, eagles, coyotes and whip-or-wills. Pictured above is the path down to your personal dock, where a rowboat and a canoe are waiting to glide you out across the waters. The lake is very deep and cool in the summer and is fed by a small creek with a covered bridge called 'Joshua's Crossing" that you can walk through at the nearby Sleepy Bear Resort... The cottage is just about a mile from the Village of Lake Ann, a quaint small village with nice parks and a good old-fashioned general store 'Lake Ann Grocery' where you can stock up on everything... Take it from me, you will not be bored during your stay -theres a heck of a lot to do in the area, for example... The cottage is located 15 minutes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - a must see! check out: http://www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/psscenicdrive.htm Taverse City - the gem of Michigan's 'Gold Coast' is only 15 miles east of Lake Herendeene Cottage! There's just so much going on all summer it's hard to list it all here, but here goes... Tall Ship Manitou & Schooner Madeline - Take a sunset cruise on Grand Traverse Bay. http://www.tallshipsailing.com Festivals up the WAZZOO! Need I say more? Check out the National Cherry Festival http://visit.cherryfestival.org/ For you sports fans, how about the Beach Bums! Take in a minor league baseball game with Traverse City's own Beach Bums - trust me, it's a lot of fun! http://www.traversecitybeachbums.com he area just so happens to be 'Golfer's Heaven' with more golf courses in the area than you can shake a stick at! http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/city.aspx?dest=Traverse+City+MI Watersports Fun Galore...whatever floats your boat! Nothing wrong with having a little fun in the sun! At night, how 'bout a little Casino Gaming! There are several options in the area, with casinos that offer Black Jack, Caribbean Stud Poker, Craps, Roulette, and over 200 slots including progressives. Lots of fun... http://www.casino2win.com/index1.html Let us not forget - there's also culture... Visit a few of our over 35 museums and art galleries in the area! Dennos Museum Center A first-rate public museum located five minutes east of downtown. Dennos boasts one of the largest collections in the United States of sculptures, prints and drawings by the Inuit artists of the Canadian arctic, as well as 19th and 20th century American and European graphic art. Special visiting exhibits are featured year around. The center’s Milliken Auditorium also has an impressive calendar of jazz and classical performances. http://www.dennosmuseum.org/ Music House Museum Located among the cherry orchards near Acme. Visitors are treated to an hour guided tour through a large collection of rare automated musical instruments, many of them 19th century antiques. Player pianos, church organs, air-powered music machines, early phonographs and radios, and colorful early jukeboxes fill the renovated white barn that houses the collection. The highlight of the tour is a boisterous demonstration of the Amaryllis, a 30-foot-wide, 18-foot-tall automated organ that entertained folks in the 1920s at the Victoria Palace ballroom in Ypres, Belgium. The rare, ornate device uses dozens of specially voiced organ pipes and percussion instruments to produce the sound of a large European orchestra. http://www.musichouse.org/ Shopping There is a wide variety of retail shopping experiences to be had in the Traverse City region. From malls to quaint shops, you'll find what you're looking for on our shopping page. Wineries & Breweries At last count, there were over 25 wineries in the Grand Traverse area. Local wines are considered by many, including moi, to be among the finest, nationally or internationally. The ideal climate, with vineyards protected by winter snows and conditions moderated by proximity to Lake Michigan, has given rise to a wine industry that has been recognized for its quality and variety since the first winery opened here in 1974. Local beers are also good and we have many great local brews to guzzle - oops, I mean savor... http://www.visittraversecity.com/wineries-and-tasting-rooms-40/ http://www.michiganbeerguide.com/beerguide.asp Wintertime Activities - Snowmobiling! There are hundreds of miles of trails around the Grand Traverse region, a lot of these trails are around Lake Ann. There are trails for every taste – from twisting and turning through dense hardwood forests, touring over hills, bridges, and waterways, or racing across wide-open spaces with plenty of room to enjoy the fresh white powder. Best of all, the trail systems are close to Traverse City’s resorts and restaurants – an important consideration at the end of a long day of sledding. That’s snowmobiling “Traverse City style” – a blend of backwoods adventure, aesthetic appreciation and off-the-trail pampering. Many sledders come here precisely because they want to sample its winter amenities. Check out he trail map here Skiing and Snowboarding! Two small community ski areas are right in Traverse City - Hickory Hills and Mount Holiday. Just a few minutes on the road can deliver for any one of several larger ski areas that offer runs both for beginners and advanced skiers. Crystal Mountain Resort "the midwest's premiere ski destination" is less a half hour away from Lake Ann. Don't forget Boyne Mountain Shanty Creek and Shuss Mountain which are a little more than an hour away. Cross Country Skiing! There are 11 cross-country ski areas surrounding Traverse City, including the stupendous Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (about 20 miles from Lake Ann) which alone offers eight trails. Several other areas offer lighting and other amenties.