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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Leaving the Sand Dunes
Cottonwood Trees

Kerry Kelly 2006

Cottonwood Trees at the edge of the dune area

You are about to leave the dunes and enter the neighboring beech-maple forest.  The dunes cover just a small area because they depend on strong winds off Lake Michigan to exist.  The active dune zone extends for only about a mile from the lake.  Further inland, the wind loses its energy and can no longer build dunes.

 

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North Bar Lake  

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You can enjoy the warm water of a small inland lake and walk a few steps across the pristine sand dunes to Lake Michigan and experience the refreshing cool waves of the big lake at North Bar Lake in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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Last Updated: July 11, 2006 at 19:48 EST