Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · Michigan

SMI Trails/Old Roads

17 mi of trail, end to end · about 600 ft of climbing · 585 ft–968 ft

HistoryCampgroundsVisitor centers

629 ft 628 ft · 1.5 mi high 693 ft

Along the way Bay Popple August Beck Farm Cemetery George Conrad Hutzler Farm Haas-Jenks Cottage Life Saving Station Schoolhouse South Manitou Boat House & Contact Station South Manitou Island Visitor Center

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.