Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · Michigan

Alligator Hill Trail East Loop

3.6 mi of trail, end to end · about 550 ft of climbing · 626 ft–1,036 ft · soil surface

956 ft 708 ft · 1.3 mi high 957 ft

Trailheads Alligator Hill Trailhead - Forest Haven 622 ft Drive there · Heritage Trail - Alligator Hill Trailhead 621 ft Drive there

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.