Harbor Springs is a city and resort community in Emmet County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,274 in the 2020 census. Harbor Springs is in a sheltered bay on the north shore of the Little Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan. The Little Traverse Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse on the Harbor Point peninsula, which shelters the deepest natural harbor on the Great Lakes. M-119 connects with US 31 7 miles east and south at Bay View and Petoskey, which is 4 miles away on the south side of the harbor.