Attractions near Empire

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore & 2 more attractions near Empire

3 notable places within 60 miles of Empire: 1 national park unit, and the sights travelers look up most.

Attractions nearby

within 60 miles

The big one

in town

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

National park units

parks & monuments

Protected area.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

What’s around Empire

Orange: Empire. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.

Everything nearby

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

National Lakeshore · in town · read 97K times a year on Wikipedia

Protected area.

1.6M visitors a year

Theatre · 41 mi south

Theater in Manistee, Michigan, United States.

Museum · 20 mi south

Outdoor sculpture park near Thompsonville, Michigan.

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons

Photo credits

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.