Where to See Loon in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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Loon sightings in Sleeping Bear Dunes

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Where Loon has been reported, from 31 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM9% of the busiest hour5 AM22% of the busiest hour6 AM61% of the busiest hour7 AM83% of the busiest hour8 AM94% of the busiest hour9 AM94% of the busiest hour10 AM89% of the busiest hour11 AM83% of the busiest hourNoon78% of the busiest hour1 PM78% of the busiest hour2 PM83% of the busiest hour3 PM89% of the busiest hour4 PM94% of the busiest hour5 PMBusiest hour6 PM98% of the busiest hour7 PM83% of the busiest hour8 PM50% of the busiest hour9 PM22% of the busiest hour10 PM9% of the busiest hour11 PM4% of the busiest hour

Loon is most seen 8–11 AM and 3–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Loon sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	9%
5 AM	22%
6 AM	61%
7 AM	83%
8 AM	94%
9 AM	94%
10 AM	89%
11 AM	83%
Noon	78%
1 PM	78%
2 PM	83%
3 PM	89%
4 PM	94%
5 PM	100%
6 PM	98%
7 PM	83%
8 PM	50%
9 PM	22%
10 PM	9%
11 PM	4%

Audio tour

Hear about Loon on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Sleeping Bear Dunes, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Sleeping Bear Dunes Tour Guide

A Loon's Long Takeoff

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“If you see a loon getting ready to fly, watch the takeoff. It needs a long stretch of open water to build up speed. The same body that makes flight awkward is excellent for diving after fish.”

Plays as you drive near Cherry Republic — Glen Arbor in Parkwolf’s Sleeping Bear Dunes Tour Guide.

One more story about Loon in the app

Loon Lake Access: Launch, Fish or Picnic

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Where to look

Sleeping Bear Dunes spots that mention Loon

Compare with the sightings

Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Loon. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

SightLoon Lake AccessA slow-water launch with a fishing dock and picnic area.

Picnic areaPlatte River Picnic AreaA shady picnic stop with river access and a one-hour float option.

SightOle & Magdalena Olsen FarmA 120-acre farmstead with a story beyond the buildings.

SightNarada Lake ViewpointA boardwalk pause to spot the beavers’ work along the shore.

Trails

ModerateSleeping Bear Heritage Trail20 mi · 9 hrA long, varied route through dunes, village streets and farm country.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Sleeping Bear Dunes, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
73 audio storiesplay as you drive Sleeping Bear Dunes, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Sleeping Bear Dunes

All 16 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

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

Where to see Loon in Sleeping Bear Dunes