44.90° N · Leelanau County
Your Glen Arbor village inn stay, reserved after your written yes
From, room for two$6103 nights · from $310 per personNot included: taxes, park pass and meals.
A Glen Arbor village inn stay puts you in a small Leelanau County village with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore all around it. The office finds an inn with its own front desk, asks whether a room is open for your three nights, and writes you one quote to read before you decide anything.
Glen Lake sits beside the village, the Dune Climb rises above it, and the scenic drive with its Lake Michigan overlooks is a short way off. The road north from Oakland County is yours to drive; on arrival the inn's desk handles check in, and your payment goes straight to the inn. You pay the office nothing for the planning.
Dune Climb, scenic drive and Glen Lake
The picture at the top was taken from a high overlook, where open sand falls away to deep blue Lake Michigan water. Views like that line Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, and the national lakeshore wraps around the whole village. Glen Lake, clear and calm, lies right beside Glen Arbor, and above it the Dune Climb is a steep face of open sand that people walk up for the view.
Toward Sleeping Bear Bay, Glen Haven keeps its historic village and maritime station. A paved heritage trail links Glen Arbor with Empire, an easy way to see more of the lakeshore at your own pace.
| Town | Glen Arbor, Leelanau County |
|---|---|
| Lodging | village inn in the national lakeshore |
| Latitude | 44.90° N |
| North of the office | 166 miles due north |
| Nights | 3 |
| Season planned | May to early November |
| Drive from Southfield | 258 road miles, about 5 hr 12 min without stops |
| Working nightly rate | from $203 a night for a room for two (November 2026) |
Village inn inside the national lakeshore
The stay is planned at a village inn inside the national lakeshore, a small place that runs its own front desk; the picture beside shows a lodging of this kind. Its name appears in your written quote, not on this website. The figure covers the room for two for three nights at the inn's rate for the month; meals sit outside it, so plan on eating in the village or nearby.
Three nights plus the lakeshore pass
This stay runs from $610 for the room for two, or from $310 per person, for 3 nights. Behind that figure sits a working rate of $203 nightly for two, taken from a public travel website for November 2026. No mandatory nightly fee appeared in the rate the office worked from, so the figure carries no add-on.
On top of the room come taxes, namely Michigan's 6% use tax plus whatever room tax the county levies. Also outside the figure are the National Lakeshore vehicle pass, $25 for 1 to 7 days, plus fuel and meals. For your actual nights the inn's real rate takes the place of that $203, and it can land above or below it. More detail is on our pricing page.
Inside this total
- The room for two for 3 nights at the lodging's rate for the month
Left for you to pay on the road
- Michigan's 6% use tax and any county room tax
- National Lakeshore vehicle pass, $25 for 1 to 7 days
- Fuel and meals
Snowbound drive in winter, busy August
Glen Arbor trips run May to early November on our calendar. Once mid November arrives, and on through April, snow buries the scenic drive and the dune trails, so those months stay off the list. August is the high month here, and nights in high season usually run above the working rate, which the quote will show plainly.
Inn named in your written quote
On paper you get the inn's name, the room, its rate for nights in the month you asked about, and each tax the inn adds. It also sets out the inn's own cancellation terms, since the inn decides those. Nothing is reserved until you reply yes in writing; after that, the office asks the inn to hold that room for you.
Leelanau County, five hours by road
Southfield to Glen Arbor measures 258 road miles, roughly 5 hr 12 min of nonstop driving by the computed route; fuel and rest breaks stretch that out. On the catalog ruler Glen Arbor sits at 44.90 degrees north, 166 miles straight north of the office, still below the 45th parallel.
Glen Arbor month and party size
Send the month you have in mind for Glen Arbor, how many nights and how many adults, and tick the box if your dates can move by a week; a written quote for the inn comes back inside four phone hours. Sending the request costs nothing and reserves nothing.
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