Directions & Maps

Lobdell's: A Teaching Restaurant is located on NMC's Great Lakes Campus (#5 on Great Lakes Campus map). You may also click on maps.google.com (opens in new browser window).

Driving directions to Lobdell's: A Teaching Restaurant

From the South

• Take US-131 north through Manton.
• Take M-113 west toward Kingsley.
• Turn right (north) at the blinker light in Kingsley.
• Take Garfield Rd. north to Traverse City (approximately 15 miles).
• Turn left at the corner of Front St. and Garfield Rd. (There is a Burger King on the left, and Barden's Ice Cream on the corner to the right.)
• Head west about two blocks to the next traffic light, and turn right into the Great Lakes Campus parking area.

From the North

• Take US-31 south to Traverse City. The Hagerty Center is about six miles beyond the point where US-31 turns right from south to west and heads across the base of East Grand Traverse Bay.
• Just past the Best Western Motel (right-hand side) is the entrance to the main campus of Northwestern Michigan College.
• Continue past the college entrance, and through the next traffic light that intersects with Garfield Road.
• At the next traffic light, turn right into the Great Lakes Campus parking area.

From the East or Southeast

• Take I-75 north to Grayling.
• Take M-72 west through Kalkaska to Acme (approximately 25 miles).
• Turn left (south) at the light in Acme on US-31, and head south towards Traverse City. The Hagerty Center is about six miles beyond the point where US-31 turns right from south to west and heads across the base of East Grand Traverse Bay.
• Just past the Best Western Motel (right-hand side) is the entrance to the main campus of Northwestern Michigan College.
• Continue past the college entrance, and through the next traffic light that intersects with Garfield Road.
• At the next traffic light, turn right into the Great Lakes Campus parking area.