The Dunes

Silver Lake State Park is an almost 3,000-acre park in Oceana County along the Lake Michigan shoreline.This area includes both dune country and acres of mature forest. The dune ridges and valleys are mostly windblown sand and lack trees, scrub brush and dune grass.The dune area is sometimes compared to a desert. Silver Lake State Park contains more than four miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and boasts a large sandy beach.