Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · Michigan

Empire Bluff Trail

0.8 mi of trail, end to end · about 150 ft of climbing · 880 ft–985 ft · soil surface

Views

880 ft 985 ft · 0.8 mi high 985 ft

Along the way Empire Bluff Scenic Overlook South Bar Lake Overlook

Trailhead Empire Bluff Trail 878 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.