Petoskey Wine Region planner / Harbor Springs, Pond Hill and the Tunnel of Trees
Harbor Springs, Pond Hill and the Tunnel of Trees
Can you visit a winery on the Tunnel of Trees drive?
Pond Hill Farm near Harbor Springs makes sense as a tasting, food or farm stop near the southern end of M-119. The Tunnel of Trees itself is a slow scenic experience; treat the driving, short walks and a meal as the point instead of stacking winery appointments.
Crooked Vine and Seasons of the North are inland toward Alanson, not simply the next stops along the Tunnel of Trees. For more wine tastings without the scenic road, compare the Walloon Lake winery loop or the full trail by area.
M-119 north out of Harbor Springs is the best road in Michigan and it is also slower than everyone expects. Twenty miles of narrow canopied blacktop with no centerline, blind curves, cyclists, and Lake Michigan flashing through the trees on your left. Give it ninety minutes to Cross Village if you plan to stop at all, and do not treat it as a connector to somewhere else.
Pond Hill Farm sits at the bottom of the drive, just up from Harbor Springs, and is the right tasting stop to pair with it: a working farm with a winery, a brewery, a cafe and enough going on that it absorbs an hour and a half without effort. Thorne Swift Nature Preserve is a few miles further north, a cedar boardwalk out to a dune beach, and a good leg stretch halfway.
At the top, Legs Inn at Cross Village is a stone and driftwood roadhouse serving Polish food with a garden over the lake. It is seasonal, so check before you commit the whole afternoon to arriving there hungry.
Crooked Vine in Alanson and Seasons of the North out on M-68 are the other two stops in this half of the region. They are east rather than north, toward the Inland Water Route, so they pair with the Oden fish hatchery and the Alanson swing bridge rather than with the Tunnel of Trees.
The realistic tasting day
Which stops can actually fit your day?
Petoskey's tasting rooms can be far apart, and published hours are uneven. This view rejects published-hours conflicts, checks your time window, and flags anything you still need to confirm by phone.
The Tunnel of Trees is a separate scenic drive, not a shortcut between tastings.
No responsible 2-winery suggestion fits these inputs.
Try a shorter winery count, different date, earlier arrival or longer time budget. The map can still show the venues, but we will not represent closed or overtime stops as a workable day.
Hours for the Harbor Springs and Alanson stops
- Crooked Vine Vineyard & Winery (Alanson): Fri-Sun 12pm-5pm. Seasonal. Fall, September 1 to October 31, is Friday through Sunday 12pm to 5pm. Summer, June 1 to August 31, is Tuesday through Sunday. Winter and spring are not posted, so call. Plan about 40 minutes.
- Pond Hill Farm (Harbor Springs): Wed-Sat 12pm-8pm, Sun 12pm-6pm. Hours shift by season and during fall fest weekends. Plan about 75 minutes.
- Seasons of the North Winery (Alanson): Mon 12pm-6pm, Thu 12pm-6pm, Fri-Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 12pm-5pm Plan about 40 minutes.
Hours checked September 18, 2026. Call ahead where a stop does not publish a weekly schedule.