Beach · Lake Michigan · Michigan
Silver Lake State Park
A public beach on Lake Michigan in Oceana County, Michigan, 2.9 miles of shore. The state samples the water for bacteria once a week through a 98-day swim season.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Oceana County, Michigan
- Length
- 2.9 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Yes — once a week in the swim season
- Swim season
- 98 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 3 (Tier 1 is highest)
- Water quality standard
- E. coli, geometric mean: 300 per 100 mL
- EPA beach ID
- MI620390
- Coordinates
- 43.6958° N, 86.5131° W to 43.6595° N, 86.5382° W
As the state reported it to EPA for the 2025 season. Sampling schedules change year to year. How beach monitoring works →
Down the shore
Nearest Michigan beaches
- Silver Creek Channel2.8 mi · MI
- Cedar Point County Park3.3 mi · MI
- Lighthouse Beach at Silver Lake State Park3.4 mi · sampled · MI
- Mears State Park7.2 mi · sampled · MI
- Stony Lake Channel9.1 mi · sampled · MI
- Bass Lake Outlet Beach10 mi · sampled · MI
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Pentwater6.9 mi · trailer ramp
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Little Sable Point Light3.4 mi · deactivated
- Pentwater Light6.9 mi · deactivated
- Pentwater South Pierhead Light6.9 mi
Ashore
State parks nearby
- Silver Lake State Park1.2 mi
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI620390, the record Michigan files under the federal BEACH Act, retrieved 2026-10-10. The county is placed from the beach’s own coordinates. A blank field means the record is silent. Parking, fees, lifeguards and dog rules are set by whoever runs the beach; check with them before you go.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.