The best walks and hikes around Shoreham

Silver Beach became a county park in the 1990s, when Berrien County began to renovate parts of the beach. The St. Joseph River flows into Lake Michigan on the north end of the beach, the two bodies of water are connected by the South Pier where you can walk to the end of the pier for a 360-degree view of this premier tourist destination. The North Pier, on the other side of the river, is an iconic photo opportunity identifiable with its raised catwalk that connects the start of the pier to the very end where the famous lighthouse sits. The area also features an enormous Splash Pad, a series of art sculptures and the Silver Beach Carousel. https://www.berriencounty.org/1295/Silver-Beach-County-Park https://mymichiganbeach.com/silver-beach/

This beach has a long, clean stretch of sand and is a great place for swimming in Lake Michigan. It's open from dawn until dusk year round. There's also toilets.

The Grand Mere State park Protected area is really a beautiful place. It is composed of dunes, beautiful beaches, lakes, and pine forest. A nice place for sunsets.

Saint -Joseph is a seaside neighborhood in the city of Benton Harbor. The Silver Beach County Park is particularly appreciated, as is the nearby city center.

The glaciers that carved out the Great Lakes 10,000 years ago also dug a series of smaller depressions creating lakes between dunes, ponds and wetlands. In the past there were five lakes here, but over the years weathering has reduced them to three. The Grand Mere is an example of earth change and the cycles of nature.