Grand Sable Visitor Center — Attraction in Burt Township

After spending over 10 minutes shopping for National Park Service items such park map books, NPS badge for my kids etc we were told we couldn’t buy anything. The National Park Service items and everything else for sale are ran by a 3rd party. There is a contract dispute between that 3rd party and the NPS resulting in people not being able to buy anything. I can understand that but the center is as big as a shoebox with 3 people working there. One of them could have told us we couldn’t buy anything before we tried to check out. Or they could remove the merchandise, put a sign up or rope it off. They did say everything we saw could be...

It's a nice little visitor's center, they have a cool selection of various books on the wildlife and plants in the area. Quite possibly the creepiest men's room I have ever seen, with a door right next to the toilet and what looks like a peep hole by the urinal, but hey it is what it is. There's a great trail across the street, which is what my pics...

Small gift shop, clean bathrooms, good maps and the ranger was super knowledgeable. The one issue was buying the park pass; it was online only, and very difficult and tedious to make the web form work. There's not quite enough cell service to make it run smoothly either, so I recommend doing some research and getting a pass beforehand or...