Our group of 10 adults and 3 children under the age of 2 had a fantastic week staying on this property. It is about 15-20 minutes from Traverse City, an hour 45min from Mackinac Island and an hour from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 5-7 minutes from a Meijer and Turtle Creek Casino. This home was built in 2011 and has a charming open floor plan. The open/well stocked kitchen along with the dinning table for 12+ is perfect to hosting your group meals. There are 5 bedrooms with ample space (2 on mainfloor, 3 upstairs), a very spacious screened in back porch facing the Lake to the East (complete with a fireplace and table and chairs, a back patio (with table and chairs), a back deck (with table and chairs), and a place for your evening fires to cook your smores right next to the lake and your 60 foot dock. There is also a small beach for the kidos. The property is located on the smaller Lake Skegemog, but is connected to bigger lakes like Torch and Elk and has direct access to the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay and ultimately Lake Michigan. Being a smaller/shallower lake, Lake Skegemog, has less boat traffic so has clamer and warmer waters than its bigger neighbor lakes. We rented a boat for 2 days and the 60 ft dock worked out perfectly, water skiing and tubing were great! With 3 kids under 2, 2 of which are highly mobile, this was an ideal house as there were very few safety concerns. All around a terrific find.