Petoskey and the surrounding area are notable for being the setting of several of the Nick Adams stories by Ernest Hemingway, who spent his childhood summers on nearby Walloon Lake, as well as for a high concentration of Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan.

Petoskey is on the southeast shore of the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Bear River.

Petoskey is a year-round resort community nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay. The town is known for cool comfortable lake breezes in the summer, abundant fresh snow in the winter and countless activities to satisfy visitors throughout the year.

Whether you are coming to have fun on the bay in the summer, ski the slopes in the winter, enjoy the great colors of fall, or seek the elusive morel mushroom in the spring, Petoskey is a great place to visit.