Department of Natural Resources Dansville Shooting Range
The Department of Natural Resources-staffed Dansville Shooting Range offers a safe shooting environment for you and your friends and family, with customer-friendly, highly trained employees and amenities like a handgun range.
Location, hours, fees
Within Dansville State Game Area, Ingham County
1819 Kelly Road (north of Barnes Road)
Mason, MI 48854
GPS coordinates: 42.528707N; 84.364203W
517-676-0698
The range is open seasonally:
- Mid-April through mid-December: Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.* Last shot at 4:45 p.m.
- Mid-December through mid-April: closed for the season.
*See upcoming exceptions: holidays and maintenance days.
No fees at this time.
Offerings
- Four stations at 100 yards.
- Three stations at 50 yards.
- Three stations at 25 yards.
- Two stations at 10 yards.
Visitors should bring their own targets. Paper targets with a bull's-eye pattern or a depiction of legal game may be used. No human-form silhouettes or metal targets. Targets can be secured to a foam board backing using toothpicks provided by the range.
No buckshot allowed; 50-caliber BMG and larger centerfire rifles and muzzleloaders larger than .80 caliber are prohibited.
Accessibility
Accessible features include:
- Two van-accessible parking spaces.
- Accessible pathways.
- Accessible shooting stations – four at 100 yards, three at 50 yards, three at 25 yards, two at 10 yards.
- Accessible vault toilet building.