11 mi from Bendon, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore leads the list
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore sees about 1.6M visitors a year. All of it lies outside: 3 places within 40 miles, none inside Bendon. The commonest are a national lakeshore, a theatre and a museum. Beyond the town, Higgins Lake sits 57 mi away.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Protected area.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The lie of the land
On the map, most of the 3 sit to the southwest.
Orange: Bendon. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The full list
These 7 are all within 60 miles.
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6Ranked 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 · Manistee National Forest: RomanKahler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edward E. Hartwick Memorial Building: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
