State park · Lake Michigan · Michigan
Grand Haven State Park
A state park on Lake Michigan in Ottawa County, Michigan, established 1920, 48 acres. In or beside it: 2 state-listed beaches and 3 lighthouses.
The park
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Ottawa County, Michigan
- Established
- 1920
- Area
- 48 acres
- Elevation
- 591 ft
- Run by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 43.0536° N, 86.2464° W
Coordinates mark the park as Wikipedia pins it, not a gate or a lot. For big parks that can be miles from the beach.
On the sand
Beaches in and beside the park
- Grand Haven State Park0.1 mi · sampled
- Grand Haven City Beach0.3 mi · not sampled
EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.
On the point
Lighthouses
- Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light0.5 mi · est. 1881
- Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light0.5 mi · est. 1839
- Grand Haven North Pierhead Light0.6 mi · est. 1921
The story
History and visiting
Grand Haven State Park
A 48-acre sand beach on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, with the Grand Haven pier and its red catwalk running out to the light.
Grand Haven State Park
How the park came to be, and what grows and nests there, with sources.
michigan.gov
Hours, fees, campground maps and reservations from the people who run it.
Along the shore
Nearest Michigan state parks
- Hoffmaster State Park4.9 mi · 1,200 ac · MI
- Muskegon State Park14 mi · 1,233 ac · MI
- Holland State Park19 mi · 142 ac · MI
- Duck Lake State Park21 mi · 728 ac · MI
- Saugatuck Dunes State Park24 mi · 1,000 ac · MI
- Silver Lake State Park45 mi · 2,936 ac · MI
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Grand Haven Municipal1.8 mi · trailer ramp
On the bottom
Wrecks offshore
- SS Ironsides3.7 mi
- SS Henry Cort13 mi · lost 1934
On the water
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Grand Haven State Park and its Wikidata record, retrieved 2026-10-11. Beaches are from EPA’s BEACH Act list and lighthouses from Wikidata. A blank field means the record is silent. Rules, hours and fees change; the park’s operator has the final word.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.