Warren Dunes State Park

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Location:In Berrien County, 2.5 miles south of Bridgman on the west side of Red Arrow Highway.
Facilities:180 modern campsites, 36 rustic campsites, mini-cabins, organization campground, picnic area, shelter (é), beach house (é), hiking trails (6 miles), concession/store.
Activities:Camping, swimming, hiking, hunting, cross-country skiing, wildlife observation.
Special Features:Park is located along the shores of Lake Michigan and features a rugged dune formation rising 260 feet above the lake, offering great views and excellent hang gliding. Park is open year round.
Address:12032 Red Arrow Hwy
Sawyer, MI 49125
Phone:269-426-4013
Web: www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ParksandTrailsInfo.aspx?id=504
Size: 1,952 acres.

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For the past four years, mission team members have volunteered their time at Tower Hill, the UCC conference camp near Warren Dunes State Park, where they have completed various maintenance and repair projects.

Des Plaines mission team renovates church campground

Both Warren Dunes State Park and Warren Woods State Park are named for Edward Warren.

Warren Dunes State Park and Warren Woods State Park (Sawyer) Wilson State Park (Harrison)

Who's who behind Michigan's named state parks

Field study sites were located in areas currently or previously occupied by pine-dominated communities, based on presettlement maps (Albert et al., 2008b), modern vegetation data (Albert et al., 2008a), and aerial imagery in: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Latitude: 46.57, Longitude: -86.35), Wilderness State Park (45.72, -84.94), Ludington State Park (44.02, -86.49), Warren Dunes State Park (41.92, -86.60), Grand Mere State Park (41.99, -86.56), Big Knob State Forest (45.99, -85.65), the Huron Mountain Club (46.88, -87.86), and Hiawatha National Forest (Pointe aux Chenes RNA, 45.92, -84.88; Fig.

These studies included data from: Wyse (2004) who sampled 100 plots (400 [m.sup.2]) across the Good Harbor Plains and Platte Plains areas of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; National Park Service vegetation surveys at Sleeping Bear Dunes (18 of 120 plots; Hop et al., 2011) and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshores (42 of 158 plots; Hop et al., 2010); and a survey of two coastal pine stands in Warren Dunes State Park (Smith and Woodland, 2007).

Composition, structure, and trajectories of Great Lakes coastal pine forests in relation to historical baselines and disturbance history

The geomorphic history of the dunes in the Grand Marais Embayment (including Warren Dunes State Park) were the subject of a classic study by Tague (1946), who assigned ages to dunes based on their position in the landscape.

Geological Sciences

For the past four years, church mission team members have volunteered their time at Tower Hill, the UCC conference camp near Warren Dunes State Park, where they have completed various maintenance and repair projects.

Des Plaines Mission Team Efforts Enhance Church Campground

My husband, Rob, plays golf at the resort course and we often visit the nearby Warren Dunes State Park. There is so much to do here, but we also like to take time to simply relax and enjoy a change from the everyday world back home," she said.

Suburban Chicago family finds a sweet retreat

The group bicycled nearly 100 miles on their first day, stopping just north of Warren Dunes State Park in Sawyer, Michigan.

Four Bartlett friends biking to Niagara Falls for charity Inside Northwest