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Saugatuck Dunes State Park

A walk-in beach with tall dunes and lighter crowds than many West Michigan destinations.

State park · Allegan County. NWS swim risk is a forecast, not the posted flag; live planning data is not a water-safety certification.

Site-wide beach report photo: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, National Park Service (public domain).

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About Saugatuck Dunes State Park

A walk-in beach with tall dunes and lighter crowds than many West Michigan destinations.

Saugatuck Dunes State Park is a state park on Lake Michigan in Allegan County. Its report combines a local three-day weather forecast with the nearest relevant, recent NOAA lake observation, Michigan BeachGuard status, a matched NWS Surf Zone Forecast, and relevant NWS land or marine alerts.

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The Beach Day Score compares day-trip potential, not whether entering the water is appropriate. It is N/A unless the required weather values and both water temperature and wave height are present, with the NOAA observation no more than six hours old. Daily ranking also requires explicit low NWS swim risk and no matched official alert. Open the named sources, judge the station distance, and reassess the posted flag and shoreline conditions when you arrive.

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