EMPIRE, MI -- In an ever-growing world it’s hard to find wide, open spaces without light pollution for stargazing. Michiganders are lucky to have the elevated platforms and expansive blank canvas of ...

Sleeping Bear Dunes were dramatically remade in March 1971, the national lakeshore reminded us today. On a wind-whipped night in March of 1971, the dunes at Sleeping Bear Point were remade. Was it by ...

GLEN ARBOR, MI -- Summer is around the corner at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and park volunteers are gearing up to be guides for visitors of all abilities. Friends of Sleeping Bear, a ...

The National Park Service will conduct controlled fires in the Platte Plains area of the National Lakeshore this month; burns ...

SLEEPING BEAR DUNES, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- An automated bus will be at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for the next 45 days. The bus is at the Sleeping Bear Dunes as part of a pilot program.

TRAVERSE CITY — Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was named the fourth best “one-of-a-kind” beach in the world by TripAdvisor on Feb. 17, 2026. The northern Michigan site was the only location in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Michigan man will pay thousands in restitution after illegally dredging the Platte River inside Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Andrew Howard, 63, of Sparta and ...

Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes is one of Michigan's best national parks and lakeshores thanks to its crystal-clear waters and 450-foot-tall sand dunes. Approximately 1.5 million people visit Sleeping ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) --Plans to extend a popular non-motorized trail in Leelanau County are being paused. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is hitting the brakes on the design of ...

She leaned over her young daughter, maybe 6 or 7, pointing towards a small hillock in the distance, “Do you see the bear, honey?” Wisps of blond hair curled out from beneath the hood of the young girl ...