
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 26 mi from Alden
Some 1.6M visitors a year come to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Look within 40 miles for the 3 places to visit; none is inside Alden. Among them are a national lakeshore, a lake and a museum. The big name further out is Michigan Legacy Art Park, 44 mi from the centre.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Protected area.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The layout
The outermost point is Higgins Lake, at 39 mi.
Orange: Alden. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Full list of places
You will find all 4 within 60 miles.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain · Higgins Lake: Hgjudd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edward E. Hartwick Memorial Building: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
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