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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a U.S. national lakeshore in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.Located within Benzie and Leelanau counties, the park extends along a 35-mile (56 km) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou islands, preserving a total of 71,199 acres (111 sq mi; 288 km 2).
A Preventative Search and Rescue, or PSAR, team member from the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes talks to visitors in photo provided by the Friends. The PSAR program has helped reduce rescues at two ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
It is part of Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The uninhabited island is 8.277 sq mi (21.44 km 2) in land area and can be accessed by a ferry service from Leland. Guided tours on open-air vehicles are available to visitors, but most traffic is on foot. Larger North Manitou Island lies to its north.
rkramer62/Flickr Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a relatively unknown national treasure located on the northwest corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, earned the title of "Most Beautiful ...
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was established in 1970, protecting much of the natural scenery of the area at the federal level. [11] In 2008, the county seat moved from Leland to a site in Suttons Bay Township, near the town of Lake Leelanau. [4] [3]
A proposed new segment of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail in Leelanau County would add about 4.25 miles to connect the existing 22-mile trail with Good Harbor Trail, providing access to the Lake ...
The site is under the control of the National Park Service, in conjunction with the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. [4] It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [5] The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1958, and is now a museum. It is not operational. [6]