3 units · National Lakeshore

National Lakeshores

The National Park System has 3 units designated National Lakeshore, spread across 2 states and territories. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore accounts for more than half of the visits counted across the group. Most of them charge an entrance fee.

Where they are

Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.

Ranked by 2025 visits

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No. 1 · 1,601,747 visits · MI
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Entrance fee8 campgrounds
No. 2 · 933,966 visits · MI
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Entrance fee25 campgrounds
No. 3 · 261,009 visits · WI
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Free to enter6 alerts

States with this designation

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Michigan 2Wisconsin 1

Visit counts are from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics system. Designations, fees, alerts and campgrounds are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other unit types.