Summer Day Trips - Empire/Sleeping Bear
Food scene
Start your day here for breakfast. Pick up a picnic lunch here too for today's journey. It takes 50 minutes to get here from Suttons Bay, so leave by 8 am.
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Shipwreck Cafe
11691 S Lacore RdStart your day here for breakfast. Pick up a picnic lunch here too for today's journey. It takes 50 minutes to get here from Suttons Bay, so leave by 8 am.
Boonedocks is a casual sit-down dining experience after a long day on the dunes. They in and outdoor seating.
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Boonedocks
5858 S Manitou BlvdBoonedocks is a casual sit-down dining experience after a long day on the dunes. They in and outdoor seating.
Sightseeing
A great way to get to many of the places within the Lakeshore, the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail is a hard-surfaced, non-motorized, multi-use trail planned to span 27 miles from the northern end Sleeping Bear Dunes. Park your car and use your bike to get around!
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Sleeping Bear Heritage Trailhead
North Bar Lake RoadA great way to get to many of the places within the Lakeshore, the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail is a hard-surfaced, non-motorized, multi-use trail planned to span 27 miles from the northern end Sleeping Bear Dunes. Park your car and use your bike to get around!
Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive is certainly a must-do activity when visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The 7.4 mile drive loops through the Beech-Maple forest and sand dunes and provides insight to the history of the area, a sampling of the vegetative communities found within the park and, best of all, spectacular overlooks of the Glen Lakes, the Sleeping Bear Dunes, and Lake Michigan. You can take a dune hike along the Cottonwood Trail or stop for a picnic at one of the picnic areas on the drive.
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Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive Entrance
South Dune HighwayPierce Stocking Scenic Drive is certainly a must-do activity when visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The 7.4 mile drive loops through the Beech-Maple forest and sand dunes and provides insight to the history of the area, a sampling of the vegetative communities found within the park and, best of all, spectacular overlooks of the Glen Lakes, the Sleeping Bear Dunes, and Lake Michigan. You can take a dune hike along the Cottonwood Trail or stop for a picnic at one of the picnic areas on the drive.
This overlook, 450 feet above Lake Michigan, provides a magnificent view of the shoreline. If the visibility is good, to the south you can see Empire Bluffs 4 mi. away and Platte Bay 9 mi. away, both within the 106 square miles area of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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Mirante de Sleeping Bear Dunes
This overlook, 450 feet above Lake Michigan, provides a magnificent view of the shoreline. If the visibility is good, to the south you can see Empire Bluffs 4 mi. away and Platte Bay 9 mi. away, both within the 106 square miles area of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
By now it's late afternoon. This is the place to take a dip in Lake Michigan and watch the sun go down. If you can only do one hike in Sleeping Bear Dunes, this is surely the one to do! Sleeping Bear Point offers a little bit of everything: woods, dunes, water; shaded and exposed areas, and beautiful views. While trekking the loop through the sand of the Sleeping Bear Dune plateau is tough, it is not nearly as long or strenuous for young children. The beaches along Sleeping Bear Point are remote and not crowded at all.
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Sleeping Bear Point Trailhead
West Sleeping Bear DriveBy now it's late afternoon. This is the place to take a dip in Lake Michigan and watch the sun go down. If you can only do one hike in Sleeping Bear Dunes, this is surely the one to do! Sleeping Bear Point offers a little bit of everything: woods, dunes, water; shaded and exposed areas, and beautiful views. While trekking the loop through the sand of the Sleeping Bear Dune plateau is tough, it is not nearly as long or strenuous for young children. The beaches along Sleeping Bear Point are remote and not crowded at all.