RV Campground South Lake Michigan
My family is thinking of camping on the south end of Lake Michigan and have never been there before. We are looking for recommendations for a campground reasonably close to the beach, that will accom...
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camperpaul,
The Michigan (West Michigan) side of Lake Michigan where the OP is asking about has no rock and is pure clean golden quartz sand and wide beaches and lake bottom plus so many large sandunes with several hundreds of feet high. This sand only occurs in 2 places on the planet Earth, mainly in Michigan and is found in a few places in Australia. It sings when you walk on it and that's why is called "singing sand". The West Michigan sand never breaks down into a powder like rock does which then becomes slippery murky clay. It doesn't stick like glue to you like salt water beach sand does.
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In March of 2012, Grand Haven was named as one of Travel + Leisure Magazine's Best Secret Beaches on Earth along side exotic destinations like Turkey, Australia, France, and Thailand
The Michigan (West Michigan) side of Lake Michigan where the OP is asking about has no rock and is pure clean golden quartz sand and wide beaches and lake bottom plus so many large sandunes with several hundreds of feet high. This sand only occurs in 2 places on the planet Earth, mainly in Michigan and is found in a few places in Australia. It sings when you walk on it and that's why is called "singing sand". The West Michigan sand never breaks down into a powder like rock does which then becomes slippery murky clay. It doesn't stick like glue to you like salt water beach sand does.
Note, copied and pasted:
In March of 2012, Grand Haven was named as one of Travel + Leisure Magazine's Best Secret Beaches on Earth along side exotic destinations like Turkey, Australia, France, and Thailand
