THE COUNTY OF EMMET
Where the Lower Peninsula runs out of road.
Little Traverse Bay to the Straits, along the US-31 and M-119 corridors.
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Little Traverse Bay Crooked Lake Pickerel Lake Walloon Lake Paradise Lake Wycamp Lake
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Our team serves homeowners across Emmet County including Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Alanson and Pellston. From bayfront homes on Little Traverse Bay and the bluff above Harbor Springs to inland properties through Bear Creek, Resort, West Traverse and Littlefield townships, we work the length of the county and up to the Straits.
County Core
Emmet County sits at the top of Michigan's northwest Lower Peninsula, between Little Traverse Bay and the Straits of Mackinac. The legislature laid it out in 1840 as Tonedagana County, renamed it Emmet in 1843 after the Irish patriot Robert Emmet, and organized it under that name in 1853. Lumber, limestone and the Great Lakes passenger steamers built the early towns; the resort associations that followed set the pattern of summer homes that still shapes the county's building stock today.
Primary Cities / Villages
• Petoskey • Harbor Springs • Alanson • Pellston • Mackinaw City
Major Lakes
• Little Traverse Bay • Crooked Lake • Pickerel Lake • Walloon Lake • Paradise Lake • Wycamp Lake
Major Natural Landmarks
• Tunnel of Trees (M-119) • Petoskey State Park • Wilderness State Park • Thorne Swift Nature Preserve • Headlands International Dark Sky Park
The Tunnel of Trees runs north of Harbor Springs through Good Hart to Cross Village: a narrow road with no centerline under a closed canopy of maple, oak, birch and cedar.
Major highways
• US-31 • US-131 • M-119 • M-68 • I-75 (at Mackinaw City)