Tucked along Lake Michigan is one of Northern Michigan's best kept secrets - Benzie County; where we're known more for our wildlife than our nightlife. The natural beauty of the area and the numerous opportunities for outdoor recreation are strong influences. Spring is a beautiful time in Benzie County. New life in mushrooms, & flowers and blossoms color the area. Spring fishing begins and hiking and biking on the beautiful trails and beaches is wonderful! Come! Explore Benzie!

In Benzie, people enjoy the simple abundance of the area, yet benefit from needed services and enriching cultural events.  There is access to creature comforts such as cable TV, fine dining, Chicago style coffee shops with lattes and cappuccinos, good schools, and cable Internet services. Other services, such as excellent medical care with a highly rated hospital, senior living centers, and a well-equipped fitness center with a range of classes and fitness programs add to the richness of life upnorth.

Cultural activities include events sponsored by the Benzie Area Historical Society, and concerts presented by the Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra and the Community Chorus.  Of special note is the opportunities to attend world-class performances at the nearby, internationally-recognized Interlochen Arts Academy.  Performers range from Itzhak Perlman to the Canadian Brass to Aretha Franklin. Students from Brazil to Austin, Texas give matchless senior recitals, free to the audience.

To some, in the booming metropolis areas of the mid-west, Benzie is "someplace up north and they ask, "What do they do up there?" "Isn't it cold?" "Why would anyone leave a Starbucks on every corner, miles of shopping and eight lane expressways? " Why indeed? Why does Benzie's population include people who have the means to live wherever they choose?  People, such as a Nobel Prize winner, cardiac surgeons, a pilot who flew for Clare Chenault, a journalist who chronicled WWII events, a former aide de camp for General Dwight D. Eisenhower? Why do people grow up here and seek ways to return, find employment, and raise their children in the community in which they were raised? The answer for some is "Benzie is rural with sophistication."