Rangers having fun modeling various USSLS uniforms.
Be a part of National Park Service tradition and attend a ranger-led program! Explore Sleeping Bear with a ranger on a hike or bike ride, at a campground or Junior Ranger program, and much more! Our seasonally available programs are FREE, cover a wide range of topics, and are fun for all ages.
For more fun events, check out our park partners' event calendars:
Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear events: Horse and wagon tours, bike tours, garden programs, Path to Pen programs, driving tours, ROOTStories, pioneer food techniques programs, craft demonstrations, and more.
Friends of Sleeping Bear events: Yoga on the beach, and more.
U.S. Life Saving Service crewmen had a dangerous job. Travel back in time and experience the reenactment of a daring shipwreck rescue. Maritime Museum, 30 minutes
Discover the fascinating aspects of Sleeping Bear Dunes' natural and cultural wonder in a nightly presentation. Inquire at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center or campground bulletin boards for the night's topic.
Discover the fascinating aspects of Sleeping Bear Dunes' natural and cultural wonder in a nightly presentation. Inquire at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center or campground bulletin boards for the night's topic.
Learn how Lake Michigan's ecosystem is truly complex and at the same time fragile. Like invaders from another world, the zebra mussel and round goby have disturbed the natural order.
A Choose Your Own Adventure Narrative
Do you know how to escape a rip current, tie a bow line knot, navigate without GPS, and Leave No Trace? Test and share your outdoor experience to see how tonight's story ends!
Location: Port Oneida Farms Heritage Center, Charles Olsen farm
Fees: Park pass required
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly from 07/29/2018 to 08/12/2018
Drop in to explore the Olsen farm vegetable Garden with fun, guided activities for all ages. You might discover what’s growing in season, practice historic planting techniques, go on an insect safari or explore the wild world of soil!
Every Monday Weekly & Every Saturday Weekly from 08/13/2018 to 09/03/2018
This family friendly program uses hands-on activities to explore the uniqueness of Sleeping Bear Dunes. Topics vary weekly and may include animals, plants, history, or geology.
Everyone knows Sleeping Bear Dunes has beautiful sand dunes, but what do you know about their history? Come learn about what there was besides sand. PLUS - help make your own post card to send or save in commemorating your visit!
Come explore the secret life of trees at Sleeping Bear Dunes! See if you can guess all the different ways animals use trees to survive… even the dead ones!
Come explore the secret life of trees at Sleeping Bear Dunes! See if you can guess all the different ways animals use trees to survive…even the dead ones!
Discover some of the animals that call Sleeping Bear Dunes home and find out about their adaptations that help them to survive. Learn what you can do to keep these locals wild.
Connect with the past and the original inhabitants of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore as we explore the relationship between culture and language.
Every Thursday Weekly from 08/16/2018 to 08/30/2018
Watch a live, black powder firing of the Lyle Gun, a line-throwing cannon, that was used by the U.S. Lifesaving Service and U.S. Coast Guard for over 75 years to rescue thousands of shipwreck victims.
Discover some of the animals that call Sleeping Bear Dunes home and find out about their adaptations that help them to survive. Learn what you can do to keep these locals wild.
Join the crew of a vessel that once sailed the Manitou Passage. We'll travel through time to discover why this strectch of water is known for causing shipwrecks.
Discover some of the animals that call Sleeping Bear Dunes home and find out about their adaptations that help them to survive. Learn what you can do to keep these locals wild.
Location: Port Oneida Farms Heritage Center, Charles Olsen farm
Fees: Park pass required
Friday, August 17, 2018
Hike around the farms, woods and fields of the lovely Port Oneida historic area with interpretive artist, Nancy McKay and botanist, Elise DeBuysser for a guided writing tour of selected sites in the Port Oneida Historic District.
Every Saturday Weekly from 08/18/2018 to 09/01/2018
Hike to a dune crest on Sleeping Bear Point to catch a glimpse of the Manitou Islands and Manitou Passage. Find out how the unique geologic past of the area shaped the lives of those who first lived on this shore of Lake Michigan
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