Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · Michigan

Dunes Trail

1.8 mi of trail, end to end · about 300 ft of climbing · 591 ft–856 ft · sand surface

622 ft 591 ft · 1.8 mi high 856 ft

Trailhead Dunes Hiking Trail 617 ft Drive there

On the parks map

All 23 trails in Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreFind a trailOn the parks mapPark on nps.gov

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.