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 stret
Dunes rising above Lake Michigan from Platte Point
Various smaller dunes located within the park
Looking south from Sleeping Bear Bluff toward Empire Bluff
View of the dunes with people for scale, showing the sheer size of the dunes
Leelanau Peninsula
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The Leelanau Peninsula is a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that extends about 30 miles from the western side of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan, forming Grand Traverse Bay.
Sleeping Bear Dunes from the Empire Bluff Trail near Empire. Dune ecosystems dominate much of the southwest of the peninsula.
Glen Lake from the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
The Leelanau Peninsula is just to the right of the center as seen from the Cupola of the International Space Station. North is oriented towards the upper left; taken on March 11, 2012.
Lake Michigan Overlook at Sleeping Bear Dunes