Paddling near Glen Arbor, MI
Glen Arbor sits on the Leelanau Peninsula within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, where the Crystal River winds from Glen Lake through wetlands to Lake Michigan. The area draws paddlers to a gentle, clear-water river ideal for families, plus inland lakes and open Lake Michigan shoreline beneath 400-foot dune bluffs.
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