Event

Stations of the Storm - Maritime Museum Grounds

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Fee:

Free. All programs are free with a valid park entrance pass. Passes may be purchased at the Phillip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire, Michigan, and cost $25 (per vehicle) for seven days, $45 for an annual Sleeping Bear Dunes pass, or $80 (or less) for the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands pass series. Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/fees.htm.

Location:

Maritime Museum Grounds

Repeating Event

Days:

Every week on Thursday

Dates:

June 22, 2023 to August 31, 2023

Time:

1:15 PM

Duration:

1 hour and 45 minutes

Type of Event

Children’s Program
Cultural/Craft Demonstration
Living History
Performance

Move through the stations at your own pace, but expect to spend about 30 minutes (or more) if you would like to complete each activity.


Description

Do you have what it takes to be a surfman of the US Lifesaving Service? To find out, join park rangers on Thursdays from 1:15-3 pm at the Maritime Museum to complete a series of stations as part of the rescue duties of the surfman stationed the Sleeping Bear Point Station.

Stations will set up around the grounds of the Maritime Museum in Glen Haven where potential surfmen and women of all ages can try their hand at tossing out a lifering, doing a lookout for potential ships in distress, and participate in the Breeches Buoy demonstration to do a mock shipwreck rescue.

Move through the stations at your own pace, but expect to spend about 30 minutes (or more) if you would like to complete each activity.

Reservation or Registration: No