Dansville Shooting Range

The DNR-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.

You will notice continued improvements to our ranges. These renovations are funded by grants through the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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.