Dunes, Trails, & Beaches

Best of all….THE DUNE CLIMB is a quick drive or a couple miles on your bike from the inn down the Heritage Trail and through Glen Haven from the inn. Guests have actually marked their stay with a climb-up-and-run-down-the-front-face both morning and evening. Fabulous for kids or to say that you did it. More ambitious? The full Dune Climb is a strenuous 3.5 mile round trip from the parking lot to the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. A do-not-miss experience either way.
Looking down to the waters of Lake Michigan from the the Overlook at the crest of a sweeping sand dune.
Couple at the base of the Dune Climb in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Few guests can resist the climb, at least halfway up. Only two miles down the road or on the bike trail from the inn.
Three chairs at nearby Empire's sugar-sand Lake Michigan beach as the waves roll in and the bright sunny skies make a perfect day. sunny day.

THE HIKING TRAILS 

Tramp through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore with views of Glen Lake, Lake Michigan and the Manitou Islands. Something for everyone. Details have been carefully mapped by the dedicated Friends of Sleeping Bear.  

 

THE BEST

  • Old Indian, 2 loops of about 2.5 miles; one easy, the other moderate. Woods walking and a view of Lake Michigan.
  • Sleeping Bear Point, a 2.8 mile strenuous hike through dunes with a view of Lake Michigan.
  • Alligator Hill : 3 loops of 3.0 to 4.7 miles of moderate woods hiking with views of Lake Michigan and Glen Lakes.
  • Pyramid Point : a moderate hike of 1.2 miles to the overlook and back, or take the 2.7 mile loop. These are moderate hikes providing woods and views of Lake Michigan, and the Manitou Islands.

WOULD YOU LIKE MAPS?

Please send us an email innkeeper@glenarborbnb.com and we can send them to you.

THE STUNNING PIERCE STOCKING DRIVE

Wind through the woods on the stunning Pierce Stocking Drive with twelve marked stops, including the best dune-and-water views anywhere at the Lake Michigan Overlook Stop #9.

 

THE SPECTACULAR BEACHES

Spend a day or days – after all, this is what you came for – on Lake Michigan’s sugar sand beaches just 500 feet down the road or at nearby Empire, Glen Haven, or Port Oneida. We’ll point the way from the inn, and even put a beach chair on your shoulder.