Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

4 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

4Campgrounds

276Sites

570–610 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 4 of these 4 campgrounds

Where they are

4 of 4 mapped

Drawing the map

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 4

4 campgrounds

ReservableOpen

D.H. Day Campground

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · MI

87 sites13 walk-in sites18 hike-in sitesrigs to 35 ft590 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups

Reservable

Platte River Campground

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · MI

179 sites21 with a bear box30 hike-in sitesrigs to 40 ft610 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups

Reservable

South Manitou Group Campground

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · MI

6 sites6 hike-in sites6 group sites570 fttoilets

Reservable

D.H. Day Group Campground

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · MI

4 sites4 group sites600 ftdrinking watertoilets

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

Heads up

Information

Park telephones Outage The Lakeshore's phone and internet service provider is experiencing an outage. Incoming and outgoing calls, as well as visitor Wi-Fi is affected. In an emergency, always dial 911. In the interim, direct questions to…

Source: National Park Service alerts API · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Jack Bergman (R)MI 1st · 4 campgrounds · grade F

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units

SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly