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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, South Manitou Island – Michigan

Images of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, South Manitou Island – Michigan, taken in August 2024.

South Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, approximately seven miles off the Michigan coast, is one of two islands in the park along with North Manitou Island. Beside the dunes there is a light station, historic buildings and a grove of old growth cedars, some of which are up to 700 years old.

I took the day-long trip to the island, which takes almost an hour and a half to get to by boat, and visited the grove of cedars and the 1960 shipwreck of the Liberian freighter Francisco Morazan.
Pyramid Point, from the Manitou Island Transit ferry, in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Pyramid Point, from the Manitou Island Transit ferry, in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL 		Closeup of Pyramid Point from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Closeup of Pyramid Point from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 The decommissioned lighthouse from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
The decommissioned lighthouse from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 View of North Manitou Island from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
View of North Manitou Island from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 North Manitou Island from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
North Manitou Island from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Sand dunes on North Manitou Island as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Sand dunes on North Manitou Island as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Dune slide area on North Manitou Island as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Dune slide area on North Manitou Island as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 South Manitou Island Lighthouse as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
South Manitou Island Lighthouse as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 View of South Manitou Island Lighthouse as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
View of South Manitou Island Lighthouse as seen from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Ranger Station, formerly the US Life Saving Service Station, from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Ranger Station, formerly the US Life Saving Service Station, from the ferry in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Dead cedar tree trunk in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Dead cedar tree trunk in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Cedar trees in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Cedar trees in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 700-year-old cedar, killed by a lightning strike, in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
700-year-old cedar, killed by a lightning strike, in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Cedar trees in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Cedar trees in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Twisted cedar tree in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Twisted cedar tree in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Large Cedar tree in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Large Cedar tree in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Root system of a fallen cedar tree in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Root system of a fallen cedar tree in the old growth cedar forest in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Pyramid Point as seen from the beach on South Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Pyramid Point as seen from the beach on South Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Sticks and stones on the beach on South Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Sticks and stones on the beach on South Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 South Manitou Island Lighthouse in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
South Manitou Island Lighthouse in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
View from the southwest side of the island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
View from the southwest side of the island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Wreck of the Francisco Morazan in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Wreck of the Francisco Morazan in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Closeup of the wreck of the Francisco Morazan in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Closeup of the wreck of the Francisco Morazan in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Small bugs on a flowering plant in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Small bugs on a flowering plant in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Duckling on a pond in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Duckling on a pond in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Plant pods closeup in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Plant pods closeup in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 North Manitou Island as seen from the beach on Sout Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
North Manitou Island as seen from the beach on Sout Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Reeds cast shadows on the sand in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Reeds cast shadows on the sand in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 Rough Lake Michigan waters on the South Manitou Island beach in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
Rough Lake Michigan waters on the South Manitou Island beach in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL		 The Mishe-Mokwa passes the decommissioned lighthouse in rough waters in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL
The Mishe-Mokwa passes the decommissioned lighthouse in rough waters in Sleeping Bear Dunes NL

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