Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum — Attraction in Glen Arbor Township

The Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station/ Maritime Museum was a fascinating place. Volunteer Interpretive Staff Dan & Helene are excellent personalities who took the time to not only learn the history themselves, but continue to share it to visitors.

All the buildings have been well kept, as has the equipment. Fascinating historical items and details of the United States Life Saving Service, the precursor to the United States Coast Guard, and how they attempted (and often) helped ships/sailors who ran aground on Lake Michigan.

I would definitely recommend visiting.

This site is located within the National Park and National Park...

There was a life saving demonstration going on when we arrived so some parts of the museum were closed. Another park ranger came and spoke to us as we were peering into a closed section and let us know he'd open it up shortly for us. We went ahead to go out and look at the shore line and when we came back we noticed a giant stick in the middle of the Walk way sticking up between boards, Steve, that same park ranger, came to tell us there was a screw sticking up and he was about to fix it. All the rangers were very kind and informative and the area was well kept. Glad we...

Gorgeous views of Lake Michigan and the dunes. There are some nice hiking trails too. The scenic drive had multiple spots to pull over to see the dunes or the water. We arrived in the early afternoon and there wasn’t too much of a wait to enter. I highly encourage visitors to purchase their passes at the Visitor Center or other designated locations prior to going through the main entrance so the entrance time decreases. On our way out there was a line of vehicles almost to the road you turn off of to head...