
Trips from Lake Leelanau, starting with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Yearly visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore number about 1.6M. Nothing on our list is inside Lake Leelanau; the 2 places to visit are within 40 miles. The mix takes in a national lakeshore and a museum. For a full day, there is Ramsdell Theatre, 59 mi away.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Protected area.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
On the map
The map ends at Michigan Legacy Art Park, 35 mi out.
Orange: Lake Leelanau. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The whole list for Lake Leelanau
Everything here is within 60 miles, 4 places in all.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Lake Leelanau →
Photo credits
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edward E. Hartwick Memorial Building: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
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