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Capitol Reef National Park

Scenic Drive Stop 1
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Capitol Reef’s sedimentary rock layers tell us stories from Earth’s ancient past.

Shirley Graham Dubois (1896-1977)
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Before Shirley Graham married W.E.B. Du Bois in 1951, she had earned a national reputation as a playwright, composer, conductor, director, and author. Born to a A.M.E. minister and a European mother, Graham was raised to appreciate Black culture and music. From a young age, her parents instilled in her the importance of social justice and the uplift of the Black Community. For her lifelong dedication, we honor her as an ancestor.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
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No visit to Sleeping Bear Dunes is complete without spending time on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. Enjoy spectacular views of Glen Lake, undulating sand dunes, and breathtaking views of the grandest of all dunes, with shimmering Lake Michigan as the backdrop. Stopping at all twelve points on the 7.4-mile Scenic Drive will take about two hours.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Welcome to Dune World!
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Interpretive panel illustrating the dune rides that once roamed the dune.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: Welcome to the Platte River Campground and Sleeping Bear Dunes
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: What Does Sleeping Bear Dunes Mean to You?
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: Where is the Sleeping Bear and Welcome to Sleeping Bear Dunes
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: Welcome to Loon Lake and Sleeping Bear Dunes
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: Explore, Play, Refresh
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Charles Robinson
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Charles Robinson was the third Keeper stationed at the Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station. He had ancestral ties to the Odawa people, as his grandparents were of Odawa heritage.

Indiana Dunes National Park

Henry Blake Fuller
  • Type: Person

Henry Blake Fuller was a key figure in the Chicago Literary Renaissance, renowned for pioneering social realism in American literature. He is noted for being one of the first American novelists to explore homosexual themes. Fuller had a complicated love-hate relationship with Chicago. He frequently found solace at Indiana Dunes, which served as a retreat from urban life and a source for inspiration.

Parks and LGB Heritage
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The NPS preserves a variety of places commemorating America's multi-faceted history. The NPS preserves cultural resources, such as buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, and museum collections. They serve as tangible evidence of our collective past. Explore these parks within the US with LGBTQ Heritage.

Fire Island National Seashore

Talisman/Barrett Beach
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The Barrett Beach/Talisman area is a boater's paradise located near the center of Fire Island National Seashore, across the Great South Bay from Bayport and Sayville on Long Island.

Fire Island National Seashore

Watch Hill
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Watch Hill is Fire Island National Seashore's largest visitor site. Featuring a large public marina, campgrounds, lifeguarded beaches, visitor center, small shop, restaurant, snack bar, and nature trails, Watch Hill is a popular site for recreation of all kinds.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Dune Climb
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It's the most famous attraction at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and a Midwest rite of summer, loads of fun for the young and young at heart: a 284-foot-high wall of glistening white sand that tourists climb for fun-the Dune Climb. Climbing this dune takes at least 10 minutes and is a strenuous hike that will fill your shoes and pockets with sand, and take your breath away. If you get to the top of the first dune you will have a good view of Little Glen Lake.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sleeping Bear Dune Overlook- Stop #10
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Located approximately 600 ft from the Lake Michigan Overlook Deck through sand, you will arrive to another viewing platform. The Sleeping Bear Dune is the large dune, along the edge of the bluff covered in dark green vegetation. From where you stand, it is about 1 mile away from this overlook. It hardly looks like a bear now, for it has been changing rapidly in recent years. At the turn of the century, it was a round knob completely covered with trees and shrubs. The Anishi

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Lake Michigan Overlook - Stop #9
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Stunning, magnificent, breathtaking, amazing, surreal . . . just WOW! The Lake Michigan Overlook is the crown jewel of the Scenic Drive; no words can really describe its beauty. This is why you came to the dunes, isn't it? The overlook opens to a myriad of blues from shore to horizon, to glorious sunsets, and brilliant night skies.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: Be a Dune Protector!
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Aloha Fish Tug
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The seventy year-old fishing tug, Aloha, is a style of fishing boat used for gill net fishing. Fish tugs had closed decks and pilothouses amidships or near the stern were common.

Indiana Dunes National Park

Harriet Colfax
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Born along the St. Lawrence River, determined Harriet Colfax found herself far upstream along the treacherous coast of Southern Lake Michigan after moving to a young Michigan City in 1853. For 43 careful years she watched the rough frontier city blossom to a Duneland metropolis; she fearlessly maintained the harbor beacon as lighthouse keeper while enduring the ensuing hardships with her lifelong companion Ann Hartwell.