The Sleeping Bear NPS will again be hosting a barn restoration workshop June 13-18th at the John Burfiend Barn on Port Oneida Road. The workshop will address repairing “Barn Floors and Hewn Building Sills and Floor Joists”
The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Explore the Milky Way, Mars, and Saturn with park rangers and astronomers in the Dune Climb parking lot on Saturday, September 3 from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. Experience the late summer night sky in near total darkness. During the event, Grand Traverse
- On Thursday, September 1, visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) can listen to classical guitarist and composer Lukas Krolikowski at the Platte River Campground Amphitheater. Krolikowski will be performing from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., and the concert is free with a park pass. Krolikowski will present a program featuring original
On Thursday, September 1, visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) can listen to classical guitarist and composer Lukas Krolikowski at the Platte River Campground Amphitheater. Krolikowski will be performing from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., and the concert is free with a park pass. Krolikowski will present a program featuring original works written
On Saturday, September 3, 2016, at 4:00 p.m., Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will host a free InstaMeet event to celebrate the National Park Service (NPS) centennial. An InstaMeet is an interactive, in-park event, allowing visitors meet up, take photos, and get to know each other. Once the visitors meet, they will accompany a park
On Monday, September 5, Traverse City native Rachel B will be sharing her special brand of “empowerment pop” with visitors at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Rachel will be performing from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Platte River Campground Amphitheater, and the concert is free with a park pass. Born Rachel Borovik,
On Saturday, September 17, visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) can become citizen scientists for the day by joining the park’s quest to showcase the biodiversity of the National Lakeshore through a BioBlitz. The BioBlitz is a time for scientists, students, teachers, families, and park visitors to team up to identify as
Rangers and staff at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be presenting short films from a number of National Park Service sites December 17th at 12:00pm. This two day film festival will be the final event in our centennial celebration of the National Park Service. The National Park Service will be finishing out the 2016
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting ranger-led snowshoe hikes every Saturday at 1:00 p.m. from January 7, 2017 through March 11, 2017. Meet at the visitor center at 9922 Front St. Empire, MI. If you don’t have your own, snowshoes will be loaned at no charge. Participants need only purchase the park entrance
D.H. Day Log Cabin in D.H. Day Campground Explore, Learn, Protect! Kids of all ages are welcome to come and learn some Junior Ranger 101 on April 29th! Families can take part in fun activities and learn the basics of being a Junior Ranger. Learn about lighthouses, NPS history, animals, and more! Complete all of
Explore, Learn, Protect! Kids of all ages are welcome to come and learn at Junior Ranger 101 on June 24th! Families can take part in fun activities and learn the basics of being a Junior Ranger. Learn about lighthouses, NPS history, animals, and more! Complete all of the activities and earn your official Junior Ranger
Join Park Rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) on Saturday, June 24 at the Dune Climb parking lot. On this date, two events offer you opportunities to focus on the sky. The first event is from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, and will allow visitors to safely view our closest star,
