Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · Michigan

Alligator Hill Trail West Loop

4.8 mi of trail, end to end · about 850 ft of climbing · 652 ft–991 ft · soil surface

687 ft 973 ft · 1.4 mi high 973 ft

Trailheads Alligator Hill Trail West Loop 682 ft Drive there · Alligator Hill Trailhead - Stocking Drive 684 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.