Glen Haven Historic Village & Maritime Museum
Glen Haven
A small village that preserves the look of a 19th-century logging dock, with a blacksmith shop, a cannery boat exhibit and a maritime museum in the old lifesaving station.
Glen Haven was once a dock village that supplied firewood to Great Lakes steamships. It is now restored by the National Park Service, and its general store, blacksmith shop and cannery (which displays historic small boats) are open in summer. At the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum to the west of the village, you can see the equipment rescuers used to save shipwreck survivors in the Manitou Passage, and regular demonstrations show the rescue cannon firing a line. The adjacent beach is good for a stroll and watching the sunset. A National Lakeshore pass is required.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–17:00 (summer)
Nearby sights
- Sleeping Bear Dunes Dune Climb
- Glen Arbor
- Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
- Empire Bluff Trail
- Pyramid Point
- South Manitou Island
- Fishtown (Leland)
- Point Betsie Lighthouse