Hemingway Haunts
Walloon Lake. Drive along North Shore Drive and the shores of Walloon Lake. The breath-taking beauty makes it easy to understand why Ernest Hemingway’s family purchased land here over 100 years ago. Continue through the Village of Walloon Lake & Boyne City to Horton Bay. Pinehurst cottage sits in a rustic sitting, where Hemingway spent time as a young man, and married his first wife Hadley.
Horton Bay is a quaint hamlet founded as a lumbering town in the 1800’s. Some of the early buildings remain, including the Horton Bay General Store. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the General Store is the “town center” and a step back in time. The landmark also serves ice cream & sandwiches. In about a half mile West of town is Horton Creek, running through Rufus Teesdale Nature Preserve. It is said that Hemingway may have lived as some of his fictional characters did, while fishing and playing along the creek.
In Petoskey, the Little Traverse History Museum in Bayfront Park houses relics and history of Hemingway and his works. Finish your tour at the City Park Grill, and have a drink at the same massive mahogany bar where Hemingway once drank.
