
Leelanau County & Traverse City Michigan Webcams
Views of Empire, Leland, Glen Arbor, Lake Leelanau, Old Mission, Frankfort, and Traverse City - all from the comfort of your chair!

2025 Michigan Cougar sightings hit new high & include BABY COUGARS!!
The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed there have been 26 confirmed cougar sightings in Michigan so far this year.

Saturday is Opening Day of Deer Season in Leelanau!
Opening Day is Michigan's largest unofficial holiday, and provides a big chunk of the $2.3 billion dollars that hunting in Michigan brings in.

Northern Lights are LIKELY tonight!!
NOAA NWS National Space Weather Prediction Center is calling for G3 level aurora activity to continue tonight, which means that Northern Lights are more likely.

Hunter’s Moon & Taurid Meteors
Nature is particularly cooperative around the time of the autumnal equinox to make the fall full moonrises special.

Leland Comets headed to Class D Soccer Championships!
Leland boys soccer (15-8-2) will be competing for a state championship after the Comets defeated Grandville Calvin Christian yesterday!

Double Rainbow in Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore!
The current lake-effect rain shower situation is perfect for rainbows.

Happy 55th Birthday to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore!
Today is the 55th birthday of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Does Great Lakes commercial fishing need to die?
A wide-ranging look at years of decline in whitefish and other Great Lakes species in Lake Michigan & Lake Huron.

Farewell to Ed Collins, a champion for Leelanau
Remembering one of the Leelanau Conservancy's founders on his passing.

Don’t forget about Leelanau’s Black Bears during Fat Bear Week!
While neither Leelanau County nor Michigan has brown bears, our native black bear population is out there in the woods right now, actively searching for the raw materials to pack on the pounds

Ride the Calm to September’s Beauty
Renee Kaufman reminds us that September has turned up the beauty meter with sunshine, warmth and calm waters.
