Sleeping Bear Dunes
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 stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou islands, preserving a total of 71,199 acres.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Sleeping Bear and Sleeping Bear Inn.
Sleeping Bear Inn
Building
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The Sleeping Bear Inn, also known as the Glen Haven Inn, is a hotel located on Glenn Haven Road in Glen Haven, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1996 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Sleeping Bear Inn is situated 2 miles northeast of Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glen Haven and Glen Arbor.
Glen Haven
Hamlet
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Glen Haven is a restored port village on the shore of Lake Michigan on the Leelanau Peninsula within the now Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Attractions include the Lake Michigan beach, a restored General Store and Blacksmith Shop. Glen Haven is situated 2 miles northeast of Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Glen Arbor
Village
Glen Arbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Glen Arbor Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, United States. A small tourist town, Glen Arbor lies on an isthmus between Lake Michigan and Glen Lake. Glen Arbor is situated 3½ miles east of Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Empire
Village
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Empire is a village on Lake Michigan in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Located in southwestern Leelanau County, its population was 362 at the 2020 census. Empire is situated 5 miles south of Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Sleeping Bear Dunes
- Type: Dune
- Description: area of shifting sand dunes, along the northeastern shore of Lake Michigan, USA
- Categories: mountain, dune landscape, and landform
- Location: Glen Arbor Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.88416° or 44° 53′ 3″ northLongitude
-86.05364° or 86° 3′ 13″ westOpen location code
86PMVWMW+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1304327535OpenStreetMap feature
natural=duneWikidata ID
Q33148041
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Sleeping Bear Dunes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sleeping Bear Dunes”
- Dutch: “Sleeping Bear Dunes”
- Spanish: “Sleeping Bear Dunes”
- Vietnamese: “khu đụn cát Sleeping Bear”
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