NPS buys Miller Hill parcels

  • Parcels near the top of Miller Hill offer views of the Glen Lake watershed well worth a short hike from Miller Hill Road along an unmarked trail that follows national parkland property. The land is now owned by the National Park Service and Leelanau Conservancy. Photo courtesy of the Leelanau Conservancy
    Parcels near the top of Miller Hill offer views of the Glen Lake watershed well worth a short hike from Miller Hill Road along an unmarked trail that follows national parkland property. The land is now owned by the National Park Service and Leelanau Conservancy. Photo courtesy of the Leelanau Conservancy
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is busting at its seams following its latest acquisition, two Miller Hill parcels that would have been seen for miles had they been developed. The Lakeshore purchased the properties, which total 8.66 acres and required what is termed a “minor boundary adjustment,” for $685,000 from the Leelanau Conservancy. That was a bargain for the federal government…

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