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Northport
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Now Booking Summer 2025
Sleeps 10
3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
Min stay 7
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World
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USA
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Michigan
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Leelanau County
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Northport
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Now Booking Summer 2025
Sleeps 10
3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
Min stay 7 Nights
Located 1 mile from Northport shops and eateries and just 30 miles from SLEEPING BEAR DUNES enjoy this FANTASTIC, CONVENIENT, QUIET, 120’ of PRIVATE WATERFRONT directly on Northport Bay. If you are looking for a clean, comfortable, nicely designed home – look no further. This renovated home on Northport Bay i ... more +
Located 1 mile from Northport shops and eateries and just 30 miles from SLEEPING BEAR DUNES enjoy this FANTASTIC, CONVENIENT, QUIET, 120’ of PRIVATE WATERFRONT directly on Northport Bay. If you are looking for a clean, comfortable, nicely designed home – look no further. This renovated home on Northport Bay is just a 10 minute bike or walk to town. We have several bikes available for our guests. Nestled among the Cedar trees, our home is ideal for a family or shared family vacation retreat. The dead-end road is great for kids to ride bikes, roller blades or skate board. Because there are no dunes or bluffs, our home offers direct, private, and FULL water access and fun to play. It's easy to watch kids from the house or deck. Just steps to the beach and shore - it's that close!
We are able to offer our home on a year-round basis with both heat and central air conditioning. An OFF-SHORE MOORING is available and can accommodate a 30' boat. The home includes a 5 person paddle boat for your use to enjoy the bay or provide transportation to the mooring! Don't have a boat? There are nearby rentals to deliver boats, kayaks, or water toys right to the shore or house.
Enjoy your 'Up North' getaway with all the comforts of home. Wall to wall carpet in the main rooms and bedrooms plus each bedroom boasts newer beds and linens. Two bedrooms are private and include queen beds while a loft/dorm like space is ideal for kids or a family and sleeps 4 twins and 1 queen bed for a total of 10 in beds. The master bedroom includes a master bath with large walk in shower. The main bath includes a tub and shower. The outdoor shower includes a privacy curtain and hand sprayer. If you've never experienced an outdoor shower, you won't want to miss this, it's truly special!
The stainless appliances make your cooking and cleanup a breeze. The great room provides a large table to accommodate up to 12 people and an additional table for up to 4 plus outdoor dining on the adjacent deck. Between the home and the water is another deck level, sand area and outdoor fire ring.
There are no dunes to climb making for easy access to the water front. Check out the water mat, it's similar to a trampoline but on the water like a magic carpet. Bring your watershoes for more comfort along the waters edge and for walking the shore.
Northport is a quaint waterfront town with boat launch, marina, shopping, hiking and more. The village is conveniently located at the tip of the peninsula making it convenient to visit neighboring Leland, Sutton’s Bay, Glen Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes, and just a 30 minute trip to Traverse City for the annual Film Festival or Cherry Festival. There are many benefits to spending your vacation on the bay vs. on Lake Michigan. If you enjoy the water, you’ll love the calm and relative warmth of the bay. We welcome you to our home and hope that you enjoy your vacation in Leelanau County.
A great Girl Scout campfire tip - recycle your old egg cartons, prefer cardboard, and lint from the dryer plus your half used candles. Using an old kettle as double boiler with another sturdy pan or other open mouth kettle, fill the pot half way with water and place the kettle in the water. Fill the kettle with your old candles and melt them down. Place the lint in the openings of the egg cartons. Then pour the hot melted wax over the lint. Lint, wax, and cardboard are outstanding firestarters for your campfire! I keep my recycled egg cartons next to my dryer and fill them weekly. I usually wait until I have half dozen or so before I melt wax and make the starters.
Enjoy your campfire!
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2 minimum stay
June 3 , 2025 - June 30 , 2025
7 minimum stay
July 1 , 2025 - September 5 , 2025
7 minimum stay
September 6 , 2025 - October 9 , 2025
7 minimum stay
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The owner of this property requires a 50% down payment to reserve and full payment 30 days before check-in.
No Pets
Additional house rules and information are included with contract.
No Pets
Additional house rules and information are included with contract.
Reviews
This was our eighth season renting the house at 571 South Shore Drive, with family members coming from Colorado, Portugal, and two cities in Michigan. That alone says something about how we feel about this place. The location on the water, in the woods, within a short walk or bike ride to the village of Northport is perfect. Also, it's just short drives to Suttons Bay, Omena, Leland, Lake Lelanau, and Glen Arbor if we feel like wandering away from Northport. The house is airy and open and is always spotlessly clean when we arrive. Dana and Joe are responsive and helpful if there are any concerns. The neighbors are friendly and welcoming. We have such wonderful memories about our stays at this house. The only thing about this rental I would change is that I wish we could stay there all summer! We're already looking forward to summer 2021.
Owner's Response: Dawn and Family - thank you for your kind words and taking the time for this review. Your family is awesome and so glad to have you as our guests each year, especially this crazy year of COVID! I hope you were able to get all of your annual Up North activities completed this summer.
We enjoyed our stay in Northport. The house is ideal for 2 couples (downstairs) and kids/friends (upstairs - sleeps 6 in one open room that stretches the width of the house). The renovated bath rooms are very well done, although I personally used the outside shower most of the time. The deck and common seating for a group of 8-10 is more than adequate. We've been to one other house in Leelanau (Sutton's Bay). This one is an upgrade because it's far enough away that you don't hear or experience M22 traffic. And, it's very well equipped. It's clear the owners take great care of it and spend time there themselves, so it doesn't feel like a rental. We had a great time and highly recommend this house, location, and of course Leelanau.
Owner's Response: Thank you David. I'm so glad your family enjoyed the stay with us and I'm thrilled you appreciated the outdoor shower - it's my favorite! I hope you will join us again Up North!
Our family of 6 adults had tons of room in this lovely home one mile south of downtown Northport. Walking to town was a beautiful and easy stroll. We parked our kayaks on the beach and could kayak in the bay at a moment's notice. We had wonderful weather and were busy with all the outdoor activities such as hiking the Empire Bluffs Trail, the Dune hike, the area wineries as well as wandering all the great towns such as Northport, Sutton's Bay, Glen Arbor and Traverse City. Loved the town of Northport, the Friday farmer's market, cute shops, Barb's Bakery, and The Mitten microbrewery. The town has a great. slow-paced local feel. The house itself had tons of games and books, if we had needed an inside day, we would have been all set. Lots of lovely outdoor seating in a partially shaded backyard, complete with hammock, tether ball and a water mat. The owner is a pleasure to work with and was always prompt in replying if I had a question leading up to our stay. We were there for a family reunion, along with family in 7 other homes and all agreed that this part of Michigan is something special. I especially loved sitting on the lower deck, early in the morning, and watching the beautiful sunrises over the bay. The home is in wonderful shape, the outdoor shower is fantastic, lots of bikes in the shed. We needed another couple of weeks to take full advantage of all that was there!
Owner's Response: Hi Laurie - Thank you for your kind words. I am so happy your family had a good week celebrating so many milestones and family togetherness. I hope you and your family are able to return to our little slice of heaven in Northport and enjoy all that our area has to offer. Enjoy the rest of your summer. Dana
Our extended family of nine has returned to this cottage in Northport for five years now, coming from across the United States and even across the Atlantic Ocean for our annual visits. This cottage is perfect for us: it's just one mile from a small Leelanau Peninsula town (not at all overrun by traffic and crowds like other similar places nearby). Our kids ride the cottage's bikes into town on their own; there's a grocery store, a lovely breakfast/lunch restaurant (Tribune), Barb's Bakery for AMAZING donuts, a farmer's market, a brewery, a marina ... I could go on and on. The house's location on Northport Bay gives us access to the beauty and open space of the larger Grand Traverse Bay, but minus the winds and waves of Lake Michigan's open water on the other side of the peninsula. The cottage has a small length of sandy beach, and we bring our water shoes for the rocky bottom as we wade out to the swimming pad. :) The cottage is stocked with kitchen supplies, linens and towels, bikes for riding, a LOVELY outdoor shower for washing off sand (so helpful with kids!), two separate decks for watching the sun rise with coffee in the morning, and a fantastic fire pit and chairs for evening s'mores. Northport is close to so many other wonderful spots on the peninsula: the lighthouse, Sleeping Bear Dunes, wineries (our favorite is Green Bird Cellars), Tandem Ciders, raspberry picking, sunsets at Peterson Park ... so much to love!
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