320

Trails Reviewed

Find Trails & Maps

Search for Trail
Search by Location
Search by

Find Your Way – MichiganTrailMaps.com

It was the birthday party nobody showed up for. In 2020, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was set to celebrate its 50th anniversary when the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the country. In March, the National Park Service had to cancel months of special events and then the park itself.

The park’s 50th anniversary will never be celebrated. And most of us probably won’t be around for the centennial. So as Mad Hatter said in Alice in Wonderland, we need to have an unbirthday.

This year MichiganTrailMaps.com is honoring our wonderful lakeshore. All the above photos are scenes from Sleeping Bear Dunes and Jim DuFresne has contributed a piece on his favorite day hikes in the national park.

We also teamed up with Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes, that wonderful all-volunteer group that grooms the ski trails and spearheads trail development, to produce a new guidebook of maps for the park’s 15 mainland trails. It will be available at the park’s visitor center in Emprie or you can order now from our e-shop.

It’s always surprising how many Michiganders have never been to Sleeping Bear or simply visited the Dune Climb and called it quits. It may be a national lakeshore but it’s our park. Spend a weekend there this summer.



  • Shop Our Trail Maps & Guidebooks

    Need a good trail map or a guidebook to what lies beyond the pavement? Check out our shop stocked with our latest backpacking maps and books personally autographed by the authors who wrote them! It's the best and most affordable way to purchase maps and trail books to Michigan.

    Shop Now
    Trail Talk Blog
    June 30, 2023 Preserving A Lofty Slice of Michigan
      There is a movement to preserve easement rights to Michigan’s highest point, Mount Arvon. The proposed 73,000-acre Michigamme Highlands would also include 37 miles of rivers, 220 miles of perennial streams, 96 lakes and po… read more
    April 8, 2022 Isle Royale: Do You Mind If I Camp With you?
    Isle Royale National Park officially opens up next week after setting an attendance record last year. Now the Lake Superior wilderness is struggling with how to solve the problem of overcrowded campsites in its backcountry. Jim DuFresne… read more
    March 4, 2022 Hustling Books at the Expo’s Author Table
    Metro Detroit’s largest and longest-running fly fishing show is back. After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo will be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 12-13, at The Macomb Community College Spor… read more
    April 22, 2021 When You Go Rustic Camping; Go Rustic
    As part of its Project Rustic this summer, the Michigan DNR is promoting its system of small rustic campgrounds with Paige Lackey visiting 77 of Michigan’s 145 state forest campgrounds. She’s going to pull up in a 33-foot-long Cla… read more
    Best of a Sleeping Bear

    Our favorite dayhikes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

    Read More
    The Newest Guidebook to Sleeping Bear Dunes

    Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes & MichiganTrailMaps team up for a new guidebook of trail maps.

    Read More
    One Tough Bike Ride

    Pierce Stocking Drive in Sleeping Bear Dunes is short but brutally hilly.

    Read More
    Michigan TrailMaps.com Michigan's Premier Trail Resource Contact

    Trail Mix News

    by travel and outdoor writer Jim DuFresne!

    Sign Up
    Enews Signup
    Find a Trail

    Find Trails & Maps

    Search for Trail
    Search by Location
    Search by