The railway was built for military purposes during the Soviet era. However, a more traditional version reportedly traces the tunnel’s origin back to the tensions and secrecy of the Cold Wars. However, the two eventually went different ways, and locals say that these people carried lifelong love.
According to another interesting version, a young Polish engineer who fell in love with a girl from Klevan built a railway directly across the forest to shorten the road from Orzhiv, where he lived, to his beloved woman. Legend has it that the tunnel existed for centuries before it was discovered, and was once a haven for lovers fleeing from Castle Klevan.
Pond Hill’s Garden Cafe makes a wonderful lunch stop, too.The Tunnel of Love by Дядя Саша – Wikimedia Commons While there, also visit Harbor Springs Vineyards & Winery and Tunnel Vision Brewery. This family-owned operation has a market with fresh produce and homemade preserves like hot garlic pepper jelly. After getting back on M-119 and continuing north from Harbor Springs, watch about four miles ahead on the right for Pond Hill Farm. Stop at Gurney’s Harbor Bottle Shop, where the Train Wreck sandwich is highly recommended, or Turkey’s Cafe and Pizzeria. Toski Sands Market and Wine Shop is justifiably famous for its smoked whitefish spread as well as homemade beef and turkey jerky.įabulous to-go sandwiches and other goodies are found at the southern end of the Tunnel of Trees in downtown Harbor Springs. The first store is Crooked Tree Breadworks where you must purchase a few pepper Parmesan rolls and some granola to share. After a mile, there is a small mall on the right. Travel Tip: Best things to see on M119 Fall Color Tourĭrive the Tunnel of Trees Before the Tunnel: PetoskeyĪbout two miles north of downtown Petoskey, on US-31, turn left onto M-119 toward Harbor Springs. The feel is slow, soft, curvy and intimate, a two-lane keepsake, a byway from a long-gone era, a road that is itself a destination. Modern travelers zoom north on a freeway for a short weekend getaway.Īnd freeway is precisely what the Tunnel of Trees is an antidote for. Louis would arrive to spend the entire summer. Generations ago, summer people from Chicago or St. What did the forests look like then, before logging? Where did the Civil War veterans who got land grants to farm this area come from, and what did they find when they arrived? Tourism is the main industry now, but that has changed, too. The old church at Middle Village, on the shoreline below Good Hart, dates from the 1880s and is near a Jesuit mission from the 1700s. Consider the area’s history-the original Native Americans and their traditions, as well as the early European settlers. If you can, make the trip on a weekday when you have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery-and the patience to be courteous to cyclists and slower drivers. In autumn, sunlight filters through the trees, electrifying the fall leaf colors. In spring, the number of trilliums on the forest floor is beyond estimate. With each trip, something new catches my interest-maybe a spectacular view of the lake, or snow cloaking the dark green hemlocks in winter. I have traveled this route for years, hundreds of times, in every season. The route offers forest views, and openings in the trees surprise travelers with incredible vistas. The Tunnel of Trees is named for the hardwoods and evergreens that knit into a ceiling over motorists and bicyclists.
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