I get *why* they're not replacing it: SBDNL is a wilderness park, not a recreational one. That's why my uncle's house is gone, removed by the Park Service the summer after he died. He was the last holdout at the end of a mile of road that was blocked within weeks of his death.

I agree: Sleeping Bear and its environs are a special environment that needs protection from humans and the overlook was something of an attractive nuisance. But it is sad.

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