Silver Lake Sand Dunes & Hart Visitors Bureau + Chamber of Commerce — Attraction in Hart

For what it is, it is ok. The ORV area is pretty small to ride on a weekend, a lot of people in a tiny park. Views are good but the park its self is a little over regulated. The workers will go through all your coolers and trailers before getting in, so that makes it difficult if you are camping in the area. You must also have an extra state park permit not just the two Michigan ORV permits, lucky they sell those, but its not onsite but down the street so that is a pain. And your flag must also be a ridiculous length and orange, make its hard if you have a dirt bike and 15 foot flag attached. Good thing there is a shop across the street that sells them for a cheap price of $35, rip off. I have rode in a few different states and different dunes and have never seen this amount...

Terrible service . We drove 8 hours and all we wanted was to ride the dunes and we come here to find out vouchers are handed out the day before not the day of, like it said on their website. We were number 71 on the list and the line did not move from the number 5 for 7 hours. After waiting 7 hours we were told we could strap in wheelers on a street and dune legal vehicle and we did but the ranger got mad at us for following to rules. All the rangers were nice and helped us out except for the ranger named Tom. He kicked us out for using a soft strap to tow in our quads. We spent hundreds of dollars and an 8 hour drive for nothing. They gave us no idea of the waiting time and took our money for registering 8 vehicles, $50 a piece and a parking pass and did not help...

For visitors, it's a great place to learn more about the community events and places. They have maps and informative brochures. They also provide guides with the latest rules and regulations for motorized vehicles on the dunes as it's different based on the type of vehicle.

For locals, it's also a great place to get information on things to do and places to visit in the area and they also have information for surrounding areas. If you want to learn more of what you can do in your own neighborhood, stop in and ask about hidden gems you may not have...