Great Lakes Bay Region is home to six cities along Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay, a 1,143-square-mile bay on the state’s eastern side.

The eclectic Bay City offers attractions such as the newly-designed City Mark, the spacious Bay City State Park, and entertaining river cruises aboard Bay City Boat Lines, while Birch Run offers one of the largest outlet malls in the Midwest, along with the family-friendly Alpine Mountain Adventure Park and Wilderness Trails Zoo.

Cozy inns and historic attractions await in Chesaning, while museums and cultural attractions with a German flair abound in Frankenmuth.

Midland is home to the United States’ longest canopy walk, located within Dow Gardens’ Whiting Forest, and Saginaw blends historic and modern attractions such as the 1927 Temple Theater, SVRC Marketplace, Saginaw Children’s Zoo, and Japanese Cultural Center and Tea House.

Ample opportunities for outdoor fun are offered, including sailing excursions, ecotours, guided fishing charters, and state and national parks and wildlife refuges.

Great Lakes Bay Region, 515 N. Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor, Saginaw, MI 48607, Phone: 800-444-9979

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