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Brookside Cottages and Resort Retreat Cottage
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1010 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 8
Popular amenities
- Heated pool
- Spa pool on site
- Onsite parking available
- Kitchen
- Washing machine
- Air-conditioning
Rooms & beds
3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)
Bedroom 1
1 Double Bed
Bedroom 2
1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 3
1 Double Bed
1 bathroom
Bathroom 1
Spaces
Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Dining area
About this property
Brookside Cottages and Resort Retreat Cottage
Step back in time at Brookside Cottages & Resort. Our resort consists of 14 unique, quaint & simple cottages built in the 1920s and a large 2,800 square foot main house. Nestled on 5 acres with 350` frontage on Duck Lake and 600` on Mason Creek, a registered trout stream. In-ground heated swimming pool & hot tub (Memorial Weekend - Labor Day only), Game room with WiFi (Open 9a-10p), Coin operated laundry, playground, horseshoes, sandy beach area, boat docks, water trampoline, kayaks, paddle boards, row boats. Access to the resort amenities is shared amongst all guests of the resort. You are minutes from downtown Traverse City, Interlochen Arts Academy, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Lake Michigan, and area attractions for everyone. Retreat Cottage sleeps 8 guests in three bedrooms with a private bathroom and kitchenette. Enjoy your vacation at this peaceful resort!
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About the area
Grawn
Located in Grawn, this holiday home is on a lake. Interlochen Golf Club and Kresge Auditorium are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Lake Michigan and Traverse City Beach. Interlochen Center for the Arts and Great Wolf Lodge Water Park are also worth visiting.
Grawn, MI
What's nearby
- beach near Ellis Lake - 5 min drive - 6.8 km
- Interlochen Center for the Arts - 5 min drive - 7.9 km
- Interlochen State Park - 8 min drive - 11.8 km
- Turtle Creek Stadium - 9 min drive - 11.9 km
- Bass Lake - 9 min drive - 11.1 km
Getting around
- Traverse City, MI (TVC-Cherry Capital) - 25 min drive
Restaurants
- Culver's - 9 min drive
- Burger King - 8 min drive
- McDonald's - 8 min drive
- Taco Bell - 8 min drive
- Oaky’s Tavern - 5 min drive
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