NORTON SHORES, MI -- Michigan has the largest stretch of freshwater coastal sand dunes, making the hike to the top for a view of Lake Michigan over the maple trees that much sweeter. Take that, ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – A picturesque lighthouse standing feet from the sandy Lake Michigan shoreline is the big payoff after a challenging hike through sand dunes at this popular Up North state park.

At Dunes State Park at the end of Ind. 49 in the Chesterton area, people can walk the shores of Lake Michigan and hike challenging sand dune trails or more moderate wooded paths. At West Beach in ...

SAUGATUCK, Mich. — Over thousands of years, wind has blown sand inland from the beach to create what we now know as the Saugatuck dunes. While it may be difficult to venture up the dunes, they make ...

Some 7,300 trees would need to be removed to construct a planned, 4.25-mile extension of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail through vulnerable and protected ecosystems near Lake Michigan and the ...