Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded, in clockwise order from the south, by the U.S. states of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, which is named for it.

Beaches

Lake Michigan beaches, especially those beaches in Michigan and Northern Indiana, are known for their beauty. The sand is soft and off-white, known as "singing sands" due to the squeaking noise made when one walks across it (caused by the high quartz content). There are often high sand dunes covered in green beach grass and sand cherries, and the water is usually clear and cold (between 55 and 70 °F/13 and 21 °C) http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/twomichigans.html, even in late summer. Lake Michigan beaches in Northern Michigan are the only place in the world where one can find Petoskey stones, the state stone.

Related Topics:
Off-white - Quartz - Beach grass - Sand cherries - °F - °C - Northern Michigan - Petoskey stone

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Steel mills are visible along the Indiana shoreline, but the pollution caused by these mills is believed to contribute to the color of sunsets.

Related Topics:
Steel mill - Pollution

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The Chicago Skyline can be seen from the Indiana shore, but when standing on the beaches in Lower Michigan, it is impossible to see across the lake to Wisconsin, providing a view similar to that found on ocean coasts.

Related Topics:
Skyline - Lower Michigan - Wisconsin

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~