The Bight North of Northport, Michigan

11 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief on‑location vlog, the speaker rides a WaveRunner on the Bight near Northport, Michigan, pointing out the road that leads to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse about eight miles north. He notes that the waterfront along the Bight is privately owned, limiting public access, but explains that locals often launch their boats from the Northport boat launch, enter the Bight—a “bay within a bay”—anchor, swim, and enjoy the water. The narration serves as an informal, visual guide to the area’s geography, access constraints, and typical recreational use.

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Hey everybody, I'm coming to you from the Bight in Northport, and if you can see— I don't know if you see a road right along there or not, but that's the road that'll take you out to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse about 8 miles north of Northport. So if you've ever been out there and you see where the road really comes down close to the water This is the view, that view from, from the water. I'm out on a WaveRunner right now, but this is called the Bight in Northport, and all this waterfront here is all private, so there's not really access there. But where I am out in the water, oftentimes, you know, the locals will come, they'll launch their boat at the boat launch at Northport and come here because it's sort of a bay within the bay, um, and you can, um, you know, uh, anchor the boat and do some swimming and stuff like that. So, The Bite, uh, north of Northport. Thanks so much.