Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area

5 federal campgrounds, 4 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

5Campgrounds

4With first-come sites

$13A night at the one priced

73Sites

590–650 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 5 of these 5 campgrounds

Where they are

5 of 5 mapped

Drawing the map

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

The campgrounds · 5

5 campgrounds

ReservableOpen

White Pine Backcountry Campground Permits

Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area · MI

from $137 sites7 hike-in sites600 fttoilets

Mixed

Bay Campground - South Manitou Island

Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area · MI

28 sites590 fttoilets

Mixed

Weather Station Campground - South Manitou Island

Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area · MI

23 sites610 fttoilets

First-come

Village Campground - North Manitou Island

Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area · MI

8 sites610 fttoilets

First-come

Popple Campground - South Manitou Island

Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area · MI

7 sites650 fttoilets

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

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Information

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

Who answers for this land

Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness Area’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 · 5 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