US-MI-Sleeping+Bear+Dunes+NL


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Leelanau County
=Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore= Philip A. Hart Visitor Center 9922 Front Street Empire, MI 49630 [|Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore web site] [|Sleeping Bear Dunes Ntl. Lakeshore Hiking Trails web site] [|Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore map]

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Sleeping Bear Dunes NL (Benzie Co.)
Coordinates: 44.7409296, -86.0890045 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL (Leelanau Co.)
Coordinates: 44.9575636, -85.92324 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Dunes is as old as continental ice sheets and as young as the 1970 Establishment Act that set aside the Lakeshore for preservation of the natural resources and for public use. The most prominent features, and those for which the park is named, are the perched dunes above Lake Michigan. These immense sand dunes are “perched” atop the already towering headlands that are glacial moraines. The dune overlooks at the Sleeping Bear, Empire and Pyramid Point bluffs are about 400 feet above Lake Michigan. With 65 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and numerous inland lakes and streams, the park is wonderfully water oriented.

Although the Lakeshore is long and narrow, it still has the depth for excellent representations of several northern hardwood and conifer forest types, abandoned farm site meadows, wetlands, lakes, streams, and bogs and splendid examples of glacially caused landforms. Whether you are on the sandy bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan, in a canoe on one of the many inland lakes, hiking the myriad of trails through the forest, or visiting the Manitou Islands in Lake Michigan you will have a wonderful opportunity for bird watching, wildlife viewing, and for just enjoying nature at its best. From [|Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore web site]

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore--Platte Plains Trails
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