Sleeping Bear Dunes sighting maps
27 sightingsPiping PloverCharadrius melodusMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
70 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 9 AM–3 PMSighting map
56 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
68 sightingsSandhill CraneAntigone canadensisMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
58 sightingsPorcupineErethizon dorsatumMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
31 sightingsLoonGavia immerMost seen 8–11 AM & 3–7 PMSighting map
18 sightingsBarred OwlStrix variaMost seen 7–10 PMSighting map
32 sightingsPileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusMost seen 7–10 AMSighting map
53 sightingsTrumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
19 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 6–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
26 sightingsRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisMost seen 10 AM–3 PMSighting map
36 sightingsGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
65 sightingsSnapping TurtleChelydra serpentinaMost seen 7 AM & 4–9 PMSighting map
41 sightingsHognose SnakeHeterodon platirhinosMost seen 8 AM–12 PM & 5–8 PMSighting map
38 sightingsWood DuckAix sponsaMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
17 sightingsHooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusMost seen 7 AM & 5–7 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Sleeping Bear Dunes. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.


The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Sleeping Bear Dunes Tour Guide
Sleeping Bear Dunes, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Sleeping Bear Dunes audio tourRecorded for this place
Dune Climb: Choose Your Turnaround“You're coming up on the Dune Climb, where you can get onto the open sand without committing to a long hike.”
Plays as you drive up to Dune Climb in the Parkwolf Sleeping Bear Dunes Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Little Glen Lake Picnic Area: A Lakeside Break
- Dune Overlook: The View Without the Sand Walk
- Glen Lake Overlook: Two Lakes, Two Blues
- When the Lake Sloshes
- 73 audio storiesacross Sleeping Bear Dunes’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Piping Plover, Bald Eagle, White-tailed Deer, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 34 trails, 89 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
