Will Sleeping Bear Dunes set visitor record again in 2017?

Click to the right for a month-by-month comparison.

Will Sleeping Bear Dunes break last year’s record for annual visitors to our National Park? 1,683,553 people visited Sleeping Bear in 2016, smashing the previous record of 1,535,633 set in 2015. The visitation tally in 2017 is more than 26,000 people ahead of last year’s pace, following a strong April and September, and a monster July.

Stay tuned as we post updates in early October, November and December.

Below you’ll see the increase in visitors, year by year, particularly since Sleeping Bear won the honor of “Most Beautiful Place in America” by the Good Morning America TV show in 2011.