Sleeping Bear Dunes set another visitation record in 2021

From staff reports

Records are made to be broken.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore attracted 14,401 visitors in December, thus setting another annual visitation record. A total 1,722,955 people frequented our local National Park in 2021, topping the previous record, which was set in 2020, by just over 4,000.

Previous records were also set in 2012, 2015, and 2016.

“The shoulder seasons had a jump this year,” said Sleeping Bear superintendent Scott Tucker. “It really helped spread people out and hopefully resulted in a better visitor experience and better resource protection!”