005 Kettle, Empire, MI 49630

If you're in search of the perfect building site on the western side of Leelanau County, near Empire, Glen Arbor, Glen Lake, and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, this could be "the one"! Located on the quiet rural byway Echo Valley Road, this unique offering, parcel 5, is one of 8 parcels that border the National Park in "Kettle Woods". Aptly named after several "kettles" that are on the adjacent Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore property. "Kettle holes" formed during the glacial ice age, when large blocks of ice broke off glaciers with extreme downward pressure. When they eventually melted, large depressions were left in the earth, creating either dry recesses, or even kettle lakes, both common to the area. There are four such formations within an easy walking distance of this heavily wooded, 5.65 acre parcel, on the National Lakeshore property. The Kettle Woods neighborhood has end of the road privacy, as Echo Valley turns into a seasonal road beyond the entrance to … read more …