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Fun Facts! Fun Facts! While You’re in Town! While You’re in Town! mission point Light mission point Light Stop #7 Stop #7 Stop #7 Stop #7 Address: 20500 center rd, traverse city, MI 49686 Next Stop: charlevoix south pier Light Time to next stop: 82 Minutes Address: 20500 center rd, traverse city, MI 49686 Next Stop: Charlevoix south pier Light Time to next stop: 82 Minutes The current light was built and first lit in 1870 at the end of Old Mission Point. The design in an exact copy of the Mama Juda Light bult on the Detroit River. The lighthouse is a few hundred yards south of the 45th parallel north, placing it halfway between the Equator and North Pole The Traverse City area is the one of largest producer of cherries in the U.S. The annual National Cherry Festival brings 500,000 visitors to the city. The city is consistently voted a top small town travel destination in the country. A very artsy community resides in Elk Rapids. Take a trip to The Twisted Fish Gallery https://twistedfishgal- lery.com/ and check out some local artists. Torch Lake looks more Caribbean than any other lake in Michigan. Take time today to check it out https://w- ww.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/06/11/michi- gans-torch-lake-looks-exactly-like-the-caribbean-sea/#1 ee647c17013

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Page 1: Stop #7Stop #7Stop #7mistaycay.com/images/assets/stops/Lighthouse_Stop7.pdf · 45th parallel north, placing it halfway between the Equator and North Pole The Traverse City area is

Fun Facts!Fun Facts!

While You’re in Town!While You’re in Town!

mission point Lightmission point Light

Stop #7Stop #7Stop #7Stop #7

Address: 20500 center rd,traverse city, MI 49686

Next Stop:charlevoix south pier Light

Time to next stop: 82 Minutes

Address: 20500 center rd, traverse city, MI 49686

Next Stop:Charlevoix south pier Light

Time to next stop: 82 Minutes

The current light was built and first lit in 1870 at the end of Old Mission Point.

The design in an exact copy of the Mama Juda Light bult on the Detroit River.

The lighthouse is a few hundred yards south of the 45th parallel north, placing it halfway between the Equator and North Pole

The Traverse City area is the one of largest producer of cherries in the U.S.

The annual National Cherry Festival brings 500,000 visitors to the city.

The city is consistently voted a top small town travel destination in the country.

A very artsy community resides in Elk Rapids. Take a trip to The Twisted Fish Gallery https://twistedfishgal-lery.com/ and check out some local artists.

Torch Lake looks more Caribbean than any other lake in Michigan. Take time today to check it out https://w-ww.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/06/11/michi-gans-torch-lake-looks-exactly-like-the-caribbean-sea/#1 ee647c17013