Worth the trip from Bear Lake: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 17 mi off
Around 1.6M people visit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore each year. Our list finds nothing inside Bear Lake, but 4 places within 40 miles. The mix takes in a national lakeshore, a national forest and a theatre. Further afield lies Lake Michigan, at 42 mi.
Lake Michigan
One of the Great Lakes of North America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where each one is
The map ends at Manistee National Forest, 39 mi out.
Orange: Bear Lake. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
You will find all 6 within 60 miles.
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4Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Bear Lake →
Photo credits
Lake Michigan: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS Expedition, Public domain · Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain · Manistee National Forest: RomanKahler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0
