Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
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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", 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.
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Covered Bridge
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Lake Michigan Overlook
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Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive is in western Leelanau County in the northwestern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
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Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive highlighted in red
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Shares a parking lot with the Lake Michigan Overlook; bicycle rack available here
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Bicycle rack available here
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Drop box to return interpretive guides
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Educational station
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Interpretive guides are available here; a park pass is required past this point
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Visitors are cautioned to remain on the walkways for their safety; overlook is above Lake Michigan
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Built by Pierce Stocking and renovated by the National Park Service; clearance for vehicles
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Covered Bridge
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Beech-Maple Forest
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Cottonwood Trail
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Dune Ecology
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Dune Overlook
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Glen Lake Overlook
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Lake Michigan Overlook
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Leaving the Sand Dunes
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North Bar Lake Overlook
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Sleeping Bear Dune Overlook
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Points of interest
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near Empire
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near Empire
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Video of Overlook 9
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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", 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. The road was built in the 1960s and finished in 1967 by Pierce Stocking. A lumberman with road-building experience, he wanted to share the beauty of the area with others. He operated the facility until his death in 1976; afterwards it was purchased by the National Park Service and added to the park. In the 1980s, a two-year program reconstructed the roadway and added a number of features for visiting tourists. In 2011, the morning show Good Morning America named the Sleeping Bear Dunes, and Pierce Stocking Drive, as the "Most Beautiful Place in America" after a viewer poll on its website; publicity since the award has increased traffic along the roadway.
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