Editing Suttons Bay, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of {{convert|1.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> The town is located on the shore of Suttons Bay, an inlet [[Grand Traverse Bay]], itself an inlet of Lake Michigan. The town is fifteen miles north of Traverse City.

Just north of the village is a sign marking the [[45th parallel north]], halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. This is one of six Michigan sites, and 29 in the U.S., where such signs are known to exist.<ref>[http://www.45thfudge.com/ Photographs, Suttons Bay 45th Parallel signs.]</ref><ref>[http://www.wurlington-bros.com/Museum/45th/NAmer.html List and map of 45th Parallel markers, with links to pictures (accessed 17 December 2007).]</ref>

=== Major highways ===

* {{jct|M|22|state=MI}} runs north–south through Suttons Bay, paralleling the shore of the Grand Traverse Bay. North of Suttons Bay, M-22 runs to [[Northport, Michigan|Northport]], before turning south and running along Lake Michigan.
* {{jct|M|204|state=MI}} runs west from Suttons Bay, cutting across the Leelanau Peninsula via [[Lake Leelanau, Michigan|Lake Leelanau]] to M-22 near [[Leland, Michigan|Leland]].