What a great beach! We have visited Holland, MI several times and this is the beach we keep…read morereturning to. Enter the lot and it is easy to find parking. Once you park, go to one of the two machines to pay to park. There is a playground, bathrooms and outdoor shower to rinse off. Follow the path for a short walk and you will see the tunnel that leads to the beach. This is a cool photo op! Walk through the tunnel, down the stairs and there is the beach! This beach is clean and nice! On the days I have been here it doesn't get overly crowded and there is plenty of soace to spread out. The water is nice and depending on the day can be a but cold. We usually bring a lunch and some drinks as there are no concessions. Also, no lifeguards. If you want some shade you will need to bring your own umbrella or tent. Each year we go to Michigan I look forward to going to tunnel oark for the amazing beach time!

Cutest park with great beach access! Going through the tunnel feels a little bit like entering a…read morebeach in Italy. Parking lot is gravel but has lots of spots and offers a short walk to the tunnel. Public restrooms are present. Pay station is located by the bathrooms. Has a nice grassy area to picnic as well if you don't want to go to the beach. there is also a great lookout after up quite a few stairs that overlooks lake michigan. Beautiful park!!

I always adore Michigan's state parks. And Holland's holds its own. Huge sandy beach to plunk down…read moreyour towel and take a dip in the Big Lake. Lots of walkable space, too, for beachcombing or watching boats cruise through the channel. Excellent views of Holland's famous "Big Red" lighthouse. Camping available, too. Sand seems more littered these days with washed up debris. On busy days Ottawa Beach Road backs up for miles. For the best chance to avoid traffic arrive super early or wait until late afternoon when the families have headed home. No lifeguards. Swim at your own risk. Motor vehicle permit required.

The campground is along a busy road that seemed to be the drag-strip for locals. Traffic and loud…read morecars made for a less than stellar experience. I tend to camp to find nature and peace, don't want to camp on a drag strip! If you don't care about camping with constant road noise, then this may be what you would like. We had company who paid for a visitor tag the one evening we were there during "shoulder" season. Most of the sites were empty, yet rangers issued a ticket for parking incorrectly! No warning! No gentle "even though we're practically empty, we will issuing tickets". The rangers patrolled though routinely never spoke to us, or acknowledge our presence. Just seemed to cop an attitude. They wouldn't even make eye contact much less talk to us. We were 4 sixty plus individuals checking out the park, not rablerousers trying to cause problems. We didn't clearly understand the strictness of the rule enforcement, would think rangers might be considerate of first time visitors especially during the slow season. Instead by ruling with a heavy hand and large fine we would not go back. While restrooms and showers were relatively clean, as campground bathrooms go, regular maintenance was being ignored, one sink and one toilet ran continuously and several of the showers had broken plumbing parts. We'd paid for two nights up front, but the rangers managed to irritate me enough that we left after one. I would hate to be there during busy season, will not return, and would never recommend staying at this campground! Found the dune behind the campground to be full of litter and just did not find anything good about our trip to Holland town or park!

This place was great. There were 2 playsets in the area we visited and the kids enjoyed them both…read more The first one was by the lower parking lot and closer to the water. There was a lot of seating available here to eat and watch the kids. They really enjoyed playing on the second structure better (it was across the field near the higher parking), as it had an insect-style shape and the chairs you can spin in. After playing, we followed the scenic trail (you are walking on wooden structures) and found ourselves at a boat dock. Next to that was another park with a gazebo, playset, swings, and merry-go-round. The kids spun the whole time and really enjoyed themselves at this third playground. I walked the shore a bit and got to soak in some good views, including seeing the seating area for Boatwerks off in the distance. There was a bit of litter, which shocked me because of the area, and the port-o-potty was terrible.

If you care about safety and health and overall being responsible about the environment this place…read moreuses tons of chemicals completely irresponsively and ignorantly there is absolutely no reason to kill flowers at a park but they feel the need to literally dump chemicals in inch all over all the way up to the sand into the water the chemicals are everywhere and there are dead fish there are dead worms that are dead birds there are dead animals all over when you're walking around just because they felt the need to dump chemicals everywhere to kill flowers and wildlife absolutely disgusting absolutely disgusting I walked down here every day with my dog and before it even got warm enough for anything to start doing anything they felt the need to go around and use way too fucking much chemicals for some reason because the birds butterflies bees all the animals don't need nature to live what is the point of having apart what is the point of having a nature reserve area because it is in fact a nature reserve since it rate on the signs when you go to the park what's the point of it if they don't care about the safety of anybody or anything in the area absolutely ridiculous there is no reason to even have chemicals around anymore on earth that kill flowers there's no reason for it

Skip and Nate were a breeze to work with and we had a great time out on the water. I called Kayak…read moreKayak to reserve two single kayaks and I received a text confirmation right away. We got to the meeting spot and our kayaks were ready for us to enjoy a morning of paddling on Pigeon River. It was $35 per kayak for a half day rental. I highly recommend this company to anyone looking to kayak in the Holland area.

This was an amazing find! Skip and Mark were amazingly easy to work with and incredibly kind. My…read moreparents and I were just looking for a fun quarantine activity to do on the 4th and were pleasantly surprised when we were told they would be available on such short notice and on the holiday no less! When we arrived they were already there and ready for us.The Pigeon River was beautiful, clean, and super relaxing. I would 10/10 recommend renting from Skip and I will definitely be a regular with these awesome folks! Thanks again guys!

Best place to catch the Michigan sand dunes for the first time. This seems to be an uncommon vista…read moreto get some sand and sun--not too many other people were here. Good for a quick peak at Lake Michigan's sunset or to spend the day on the beach. Be prepared to hike some sandy stairs! I ended up slipping off my shoes and just walked up them barefoot.

Very small beach. The day we went many people made the trek and didn't get in the water because…read morethey thought it was to cold. Family after family came down and just sat there getting eaten by flies....did I mention the flies? Good lord if you weren't in the water be prepared to leave with welts. Good thing for me I like cold water and it felt great! If you are not in good physical shape probably don't come here. These pictures don't show the actual situation. It is very steep! The stairs are covered with sand and there are A LOT of them. What goes down, in this situation must go back up!

These trails are amazingly well-kept and the route is very fun with some minor challenges and a few…read morestunt/jump spots throughout. Also, the direction of the 4.5 mile loop changes depending on the day of the week, so it's a fun variation to the routine. Trails are very well marked. Other trails should take note.

A nice little collection of trails, perfect for dog walking. All dogs are required to be on…read moreleash. Trails are numbered and well marked and most are very easy. A few trails have sections that are slightly hilly, and some of the trails are sandy. Very pretty trees, especially in the spring.

Nice newer park. Theres trails...macatawa rivwr access for fishing. A pavilion and playground…read moreequioment. Make sure to look at the park signs for a map, the park kind od winds through the outskirts of Holland/ Zeeland.

Beautiful park! We took our dog for a walk here while visiting and it was stunning. Beautiful well…read moretaken care of landscape with such vibrant colors. There was a neat water plant feature and a koi pond. We really enjoyed walking through this park.

We went a few times throughout the weekend of tulip fest, and it was a beautiful park with lots of…read morecare put into it.

Very nice historical farmhouse with a museum....the entire property is a nature preserve with…read moretrails...a ski/ sledding hill, crosscountry skiing, hiking and a nice stretch of trails along a river. There are quiate a lot of benches and picnic spots.