Southeast Michigan · Lake Erie

Sterling State Park

Michigan's only Lake Erie state park, with a sandy swim area and extensive coastal wetlands.

State park · Monroe 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 Sterling State Park

Michigan's only Lake Erie state park, with a sandy swim area and extensive coastal wetlands.

Sterling State Park is a state park on Lake Erie in Monroe 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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