• Heritage Walkers 10 am

    Good Harbor Trailhead Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Maple City

    Join Historic Sleeping Bear and Friends of Sleeping Bear on the trails for one or more of our 8 weeks of walking – where history and nature merge! Walk for your well-being, enjoying this beautiful park with others while learning about our heritage and the natural resources in the area you will be walking.

    Free
  • Heritage Walkers 10 am

    Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive

    Join Historic Sleeping Bear and Friends of Sleeping Bear on the trails for one or more of our 8 weeks of walking – where history and nature merge! Walk for your well-being, enjoying this beautiful park with others while learning about our heritage and the natural resources in the area you will be walking.

  • Heritage Walkers 10 am

    Otter Creek Trailhead

    Join Historic Sleeping Bear and Friends of Sleeping Bear on the trails for one or more of our 8 weeks of walking – where history and nature merge! Walk for your well-being, enjoying this beautiful park with others while learning about our heritage and the natural resources in the area you will be walking.

  • Heritage Walkers 10 am

    Join us on the trails for one or more of our 8 weeks of walking – where history and nature merge! Walk for your well-being, enjoying this beautiful park with others while learning about our heritage and the natural resources in the area you will be walking.

  • Heritage Walkers 10 am

    Voice road Trailhead

    Join Historic Sleeping Bear and Friends of Sleeping Bear on the trails for one or more of our 8 weeks of walking – where history and nature merge! Walk for your well-being, enjoying this beautiful park with others while learning about our heritage and the natural resources in the area you will be walking.

    Free
  • Book Signing: Picture-Perfect Sleeping Bear

    Cottage Book Shop 5989 Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

    Meet some of the many contributors of the newly released book "Picture-Perfect Sleeping Bear" for a Book Signing at Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor on August 8th from 12-2pm. The book celebrates the history of the area, the formation of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the years of enjoyment from those who

  • Discover Volunteer Opportunities with Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes

    Cherry Republic

    Discover Volunteer Opportunities with Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes Sunday, May 29 th , 11 am to 2 pm at Cherry Republic, Glen Arbor.  Want to get outside enjoying great hikes, beaches, and sand? Do you want to know that you are doing your part to protect our local National Park? Visit with Friends of

  • Picture-Perfect Sleeping Bear: The Rest of the Story

    Glen Lake Community Library 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, United States

    The Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes will present Picture-Perfect Sleeping Bear: The Rest of the Story at Glen Lake Community Library, 7 pm, on December 15th. Modeled after Paul Harvey’s famous radio program: And Now You Know the Rest of the Story, there is so much more to tell than what fit into the pages

    Free
  • Sleeping Bear Trivia

    Empire, MI Empire, MI, United States

    Sleeping Bear Trivia Sunday, June 4th 4 pm Social Hour followed by 5 pm Trivia Competition Joe's Friendly Tavern on the new Porch, 11015 Front Street, Empire, MI Join friends and neighbors in a spirited trivia contest hosted by trivia master "Hoot." Test your knowledge of the history of the lands and people of the

    Free
  • Picture-Perfect Sleeping Bear Dunes Instagram Photo Celebration

    Cherry Republic

    Capture your post-card perfect photos of the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore and collect a prize at the photo celebration from the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes. Families, friends, and kids can participate in the Instagram photo adventure celebrating the natural beauty of the park and the fun of discovery it inspires. Sponsored by the Friends

    Free
  • Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes Annual Spring Training

    Empire Township Hall 10088 W. Front Street, Empire, MI , Empire, MI, United States

    The Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes annual spring training is a once-a-year chance for volunteers to hear the latest park news from park staff and important safety tips from park safety experts. The 1 pm general training will be followed by 2 pm breakout sessions for Adopt-A-Trail, Adopt-A-Beach, Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, Preventative Search and

  • Jane Elder: Wilderness, Water and Rust

    Glen Lake Community Library 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, United States

    Author and environmentalist Jane Elder will discuss her newly published book. It weaves together memories from her life in the upper Midwest with nearly fifty years of environmental policy work, presenting a unique insider’s perspective into the quest to protect the Great Lakes. Her book also charts a more sustainable path moving forward, offering a

    Free