Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · Michigan

SB Heritage Trail Paved

12 mi of trail, end to end · about 400 ft of climbing · 591 ft–811 ft · asphalt surface

HistoryCampgrounds

613 ft 594 ft · 9.4 mi high 810 ft

Along the way D.H. Day Group Campground D. H. Day House D.H. Day Cabin Inn Garages Sleeping Bear Inn The General Store

Trailheads Heritage Trail - Bar Lake Road Trailhead 612 ft Drive there · Heritage Trail - Crystal River Trailhead 601 ft Drive there · Heritage Trail - Dune Climb Trailhead 614 ft Drive there · Shauger Hill Trail 770 ft Drive there · Shauger Hill Trailhead 769 ft Drive there · Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail 614 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the same trailheads

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.