The Incredible Sleeping Bear Dunes at Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in Michigan
On this Airstream Life vLog, we take advantage of our dry camping location and head into Sleeping Bear Dunes to see the sights. We decide to do the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive since we only have one day in the area and we want to see as much as we can. So we start off bright and early even though it's still a bit drizzly.
We take you to all 12 stops on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. Our favorites (along with most people's) are stops 9 & 10 which is the Lake Michigan Overlook and the Sleeping Bear Dunes Overlook. WOW! We have hiked a bunch of different dunes in Idaho and Colorado but this dune is definitely the steepest. There is no way we would hike down it (and then back up). People were crawling up on their hands and knees. Apparently, a number of people get stuck every year and there are fees to be rescued. Crazy!
We really loved the drive and were very surprised to find something like this in Michigan. It reminded us of the ocean, not a lake!
Stay tuned in the next video when we head in Glen Arbor to do a little exploring.
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RV Travel: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive - Michigan
The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive is in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, not far from Glen Arbor, Michigan. It's a beautiful 7.4 mile loop that has 12 points of interest (13 if you count #2a which is a picnic area) for you stop, look around, hike and even have a picnic. There are places to park RV's along the drive, but not if you are towing a car. They are all pull in spots and won't hold too much of a long combination of RV and tow vehicle. It's best to come in by vehicle alone.
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Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The scenic drive is a one-lane road that passes through pristine dune forests, up and down dune elevations with stops at several overlooks. Several overlooks provide visitors with spectacular views of the dunes, Glen Lake, Lake Michigan and the Mantiou Islands. Don't miss one of the most amazing places anywhere.
Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive *AMAZING* from the Eye in the Sky!
Absolutely amazing footage in 4k of Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive from 250 Ft. in the sky. You can see Lake Michigan, The Sleeping Bear Dunes and many other landmarks from this area! It was a very windy day with 25 MPH winds.
The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive is a scenic route within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in western Northern Michigan in the United States. The roadway, with its scenic vistas and gentle curves,[3] is located off state highway M-109 between Empire and Glen Arbor. It runs for 7.4 miles (11.9 km) through forest and dunes areas, providing access to scenic overlooks of the Lake Michigan shoreline and the surrounding park land. Interpretive markers along the roadway are keyed to the National Park Service's printed guide to the drive. Over 80,000 vehicles make the trip, in addition to bicyclists, hikers and skiers who use the road each year.
HD Fall Foliage Trip 2016 Sleeping Bear Dune National Lakeshore + Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
HD Fall Foliage Trip 2016 Sleeping Bear Dune National Lakeshore + Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive from Glen Lake - Glen Arbor and Empire
Lake Michigan Overlook at Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
Riding Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, Dune Climb to Empire
Glen Arbor Sun editor Jacob Wheeler rides the newly completed Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail leg between the Dune Climb and Empire, while interviewing Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Deputy Superintendent Tom Ulrich, Duneswood Resort owner Debbie Rettke, and narrating the ride through beautiful forests and dunes.
M22 Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
This is taken with my gopro Hero 5 while riding The Pierce Stocking Scenic drive in the Sleeping Bear dunes Park. Its a beautiful 7 mile loop with amazing lookouts of the dunes and Lake Michigan
Tour the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
The 7.4 miles drive leads to a huge, beautiful overlook onto Lake Michigan.
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES (Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive)
Michigan awesome ~ one of the nation's top views (National Geographic book 'The 10 Best of Everything National Parks'
Going Through Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive at the Sleeping Bear Dunes.
A 7.3 mile Scenic Drive At Pierce Stocking in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive is a scenic route within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in western Northern Michigan in the United States.
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Lake Michigan Overlook Pierce Stocking Scenic
Beautiful sky and water taken at Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive Lake Michigan Overlook outside of Empire Michigan, close to Traverse City.
The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive - Sleeping Bear Dunes
Tom, and Edie at The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive with view of Glenn Lake.
Pierce Stockings scenic drive on a cloudy fall day in Michigan, but still beautiful.
Part of the Pierce Stocking scenic drive in Northern Michigan. Northern Michigan is most beautiful in the fall and I was lucky enough to go hiking a few days when the colors were fabulous. This day though it was cloudy but still beautiful~
Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive: Sleeping Beer Dunes Sunset
Quick road trip up to Empire, MI for a beautiful sunset.
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Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
I drove the scenic drive, stopped at several stops, and made a video of it!
Sleeping Bear Dunes Scenic Drive
This is the scenic drive of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Park recorded in the summer of 2012. Here we stop at points of interest and being very silly and having a good time. I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park, Michigan, USA
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park, Michigan, July 24, 2011
Lookout along the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive.
The Legend of the Sleeping Bear
Anyone who has ever visited the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes in Northern Michigan knows their beauty. But do you know the Legend of the Sleeping Bear? Find out in this inspirational story.