Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
7 miles of world class nature views
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
begins off St Hwy M109 between Empire & Glen Arbor
7
231/326-5134
M-22
serpentine scenic two laner
rolling sand dunes & birch forests
Arcadia & Elberta bluffs
Point Betsie lighthouse
Onekama to Leelanau State Park on tip of Grand Traverse Bay west arm
90
231/326-5134
Upper Peninsula Drive
zigzag trek hits scenic highlights of the upper peninsula
manistique
escanaba
Menominee to St Ignace
320
800/562-7134
Scenic Sunrise Shore
Scenic journey along northeast coast
Alpena
Presque Isle
Bay City to Mackinaw City
220
888/784-7328
River Road Scenic Byway
tour of the AuSable river valley
lush forests & breathtaking vistas
Loud Dam Pond to Oscoda
22
989/739-0728
Black River Scenic Byway
short but scenic drive through Ottawa national forest along black river
many waterfalls
black river harbor
Bessemer to Black River Harbor on county rd 513
20
906/285-4446
West Michigan Pike
great drive along charming coastal towns
Holland
Traverse City
Charlevoix
New Buffalo to Mackinaw city on us 31
400
269/469-5409
Tunnel of Trees
great drive for fall color along Lake Michigan
Petoskey
Cross Village
Harbor Springs
north of Harbor Springs on M119 to Cross Village
20
231/526-2104
Old Mission Peninsula Heritage Route
great drive for fall color
dramatic lake bluffs
1870 Mission Lighthouse
Traverse City
north of Traverse City on M37
18
800/872-8377