Park video promotes Heritage Trail

From staff reports

Pathways to Sleeping Bear and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has released a dazzling new video that extolls the virtues of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, the 27-mile multi-use trail that will parallel M-22 and M-109 in and near the National Park. Construction will begin on the Heritage Trail late this summer.

According to the Heritage Trail website, “the trail will provide a safe, non-motorized, multi-use transportation alternative connecting the Lakeshore’s main visitor destinations with Glen Arbor and Empire. The SBHT will give walkers, runners, wheelchair users, bicyclists, cross-country skiers, baby strollers, and rollerbladers a safe, enjoyable, and car-free way to access and explore the Lakeshore and neighboring communities.”

Appearing in the video are Lakeshore Deputy Superintendent Tom Ulrich and a couple prominent private citizens — Ranae Ihme of Leelanau Vacation Rentals, and retired Hall of Fame high school basketball coach Don Miller.