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Beaches of Lake Michigan

Beaches of Lake Michigan

  • Beaches
    • Illinois Beach State Park
      • Birds of Illinois Beach
      • Dead River
      • Sand Pond
    • Hosah Park
    • Waukegan Municipal Beach
    • Forest Park Beach
    • Glencoe Beach
    • Tower Road Beach
    • Gillson Park
    • Clark Street Beach
    • Montrose Beach
  • Shaping the Land
    • Ancestral Lake Michigan
    • Dune formation
    • Chicago Lake Plain
    • Bluff Coast
    • Erosion
    • Blowouts
    • Succession
  • Biodiversity
    • Habitats
      • Rear dunes
      • Swales
      • Prairie
      • Black oak savanna
      • Wetlands
    • Birds of Illinois Beach
    • Birds on the beach
    • Amphibians and reptiles
    • Insects
    • Plants
  • Problems
    • Threats to Lake Michigan
    • Microplastics
    • Lake Michigan fisheries
    • Exotic species
    • Please Don’t Feed the Birds
  • CoastSnap Citizen Science Project

Illinois Beaches

Illinois Beach State Park

Hosah Park

Waukegan Municipal Beach

Forest Park Beach

Glencoe Beach

Tower Road Beach

Gillson Beach

Clark St Beach

Montrose Beach

Illinois Natural History Survey

1816 South Oak Street, MC 652
Champaign, IL 61820

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