Known as a summertime staple, Silver Lake Sand Dunes is open for winter hiking, fat-tire biking, snowshoeing and sledding.

Kayaks and stand-up-paddleboarding are two great ways to experience Lake Michigan and get a unique perspective on the dunes from the water. Hiking without getting covered in sand is also possible.

The phenomenon of "singing sand" is actually quite rare, but there's a place in Indiana where you can hear it. Indiana Dunes National Park is home to more than 15,000 acres of gorgeous scenery and of ...

Sleeping Bear Dunes features immense and magnificent sand dunes, as well as beaches, forests and inland lakes along a 35-mile strip of the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan. Off the coast, the park ...

The slopes left behind by the glaciers turned into dunes as a result of Lake Michigan's tide pushing sand up onto the shore overtime. It's this unique phenomenon that garnered the park National ...

The former sand mining site is a junction point between the Lake Michigan Coastal Greenway and the Grand River Greenway, bordered by significant public coastal dune properties to the north and south.

When you think of sand dunes, you might think of the ocean, but on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, there are plenty of dunes — and more! — at Indiana Dunes National Park. Spanning 15 miles of the ...

Yes No The Silver Lake Sand Dunes are made for adrenaline-seekers and beach lovers craving uninterrupted days on the coast. Go horseback riding along Lake Michigan's eastern shore at Silver Lake ...

The Mitten State saw one of its favorite beaches named to Tripadvisor's Best of the Best Beaches list for 2025. Here's which ...

Diana of the Dunes was the name given by the press to a mysterious young woman whom fishermen said bathed in the lake and ran through the sand to dry off. Once stories of a girl living alone and ...

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