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Silver Lake State Park is a 2,936-acre (1,188 ha) public recreation area bordering Lake Michigan and Silver Lake, four miles (6.4 km) west of Mears in Oceana County, Michigan. The state park is composed of mature forest land and over 2,000 acres (810 ha) of sand dunes .
The Charles Mears Silver Lake Boardinghouse is a boardinghouse located at the outlet of Silver Lake, near Mears, Michigan.It is one of the few remaining structures built to serve the lumbering industry, which was Michigan's predominant industry in the 19th century. [3]
The Silver Lake Sand Dunes are the biggest attraction in Mears, bringing in over a million visitors in a year. [4]Mears is on the west side of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, 3 miles (5 km) west of Hart, 23 miles (37 km) south of Ludington, and 39 miles (63 km) north of Muskegon.
Little Sable Point is in Silver Lake State Park, close to Mears, Michigan. The lighthouse parking lot is off of N. Lighthouse Dr. Take Silver Lake Road to its south end, where one will find N. Lighthouse Dr. Follow it a little over a mile. "It has an excellent swimming beach and Lake Michigan produces some great sunsets."
Charles Mears Silver Lake Boardinghouse† Southeast corner of Lighthouse and Silver Lake Channel roads Mears vicinity December 5, 1986: Pawabawme Burial Ground (Demolished) Tyler Road at Walkerville Road Hart vicinity March 16, 1981: Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse: North Lighthouse Drive Golden Township: 2014
Golden Township is home to many lakes, streams, and rivers. One of largest lakes in the area is Silver Lake. Silver Lake is a semi-circular lake with one side bordering the Silver Lake Sand Dunes. Silver Lake is an all sports lake where many people go kayaking, canoeing, boating, sailing, water skiing, wakeboarding, and more.
Mears State Park was among 13 parks established in 1920 following the creation of the Michigan State Parks Commission a year earlier. [3] The park land, which was once owned by lumber baron Charles Mears, was donated to the state by his daughter Carrie Mears. [4] The park originally comprised only 16 acres "strictly made up of lake sand."
Swift Lathers' Dune Forest Village at Silver Lake State Park. Dune Forest Village was an "island" retreat of Swift Lathers the publisher of the Michigan newspaper The Mears Newz. It was constructed between 1939 and 1957 for the purpose of having a place to go to for a simple life away from a cosmopolitan lifestyle.