The M-22 Road Trip Guide: 116 Miles of Michigan's Best Scenic Drive

The M-22 scenic drive runs 116 miles along the Lake Michigan shoreline from Manistee to Traverse City — and it's been named one of the Top 5 Greatest Driving Tours in America by Rand McNally and the Best Scenic Autumn Drive in the USA by USA Today readers.

I've driven M-22 more times than I can count, in every season. This is the guide I always wished someone had handed me on my first trip — no fluff, no tourist-brochure clichés, just the real local picture of every stop worth making.

Whether it's your first time or your fifteenth, this printable guide gives you everything you need to plan the trip, organized exactly the way you'll drive it — south to north, county by county.