Tunnel Park

I’m being generous and giving this ³⁄₅ stars, I want to give it a 2 compared to Grand Haven’s beach though.
We got here late in the afternoon, around 6:30pm. It’s $ 7 to get in for the day if you are parking there. The bugs were fierce and to get out of the park, you have to slog UPHILL through the sand, then go up some stairs, then you can choose to run down more sand (if you’re a kid, most likely) or take MORE stairs down.
I just wasn’t that impressed with it. Beach is smaller but nice, but it was the bugs that were offputting.

Stumbled upon this secret little gem on vacation. After spending an afternoon at the state park in GH, we caught a quiet spectacular sunset. It was great to get away from the crowds and hustle and bustle. We even came back the next day for the beach. Park across the street (perry) for free parking and only a 100 yard walk. Get there early (10 or 11 am) and you’ll get a free parking spot AND get to pick your spot on the beach! Around 1 or 2, it gets packed with little rug rats running around. This is a great beach for good swimming, clear water, nice sand, nice facilities and long walks on the beach.

Pretty beach on Lake Michigan! Very clean! We enjoyed walking through the tunnel to get to the beach.

A wonderful little gem on Lake Michigan.
The tunnel isn’t readily seen from the parking lot, but is located beyond the bathrooms, to the right of the parking lot. You can do that, climb a small dune, or climb stairs. Either way, its a small amount of effort to reach the beach.
There’s a small playground, volley ball nets and your general park atmosphere. We visited late August. There were some people enjoying the lake but not too many.
Definitely love this spot and will visit again.

We went to this small beach after we saw that Holland State Park’s parking lot was full. This was a small, quiet beach, that didn’t have many people out considering how nice the weather was. You can find free parking across the street from the entrance. You can take the tunnel to the beach– but beware you have to go down (and then up) a sizeable dune if you take that route. If you are bringing umbrellas, coolers, etc. be prepared to possibly make a few trips up and down the hill.

Cute little gem of a beach just around the corner from Holland State Beach Park. This beach, however, is free and a bit smaller as far as beach area. You can walk up a dune or underneath, through the tunnel. This beach is usually less crowded, as it’s not the «main beach», making it perfect for a low-​key visit.
Tip: I didn’t really know this at first, but you can stroll the beach past the private access areas, you just aren’t supposed to linger/​sprawl out all your stuff.

Went here on Fathers Day weekend and had a great time! In the park area there are loads of picnic tables, space for outdoor games, grills for cookin’, very nice playground, decent restrooms right next to the picnic areas. There are 2 ways to get to the beach that I saw: there’s a dune climb from the park area, which has stairs going down to the beach on the other side, or there is a paved path that takes you in the tunnel that goes under a large dune leading out to a lookout where you can view the beach. (Would be handicapped accessible up to the beach lookout area.) Beach was great. Clean and not overcrowded at all.
Great beach & picnic spot. We’ll be back!

After going to the state beach, I think this is a great find. There are bathrooms, a place to rinse sand off, a play ground and a bike rack. There is a tunnel to go under the dune, about twenty feet from the bathhouse. It’s a lovely beach. Oh, and it’s totally bike-​friendly, as it is surrounded in paved bike paths :)

This is a very tiny beach but a gem of a beach at the end of a little park and play area. Though to get to the beach you have to climb a LOT of stairs. Its like the Lake is testing you to make sure you are worthy of getting to the beach. Basically you have to climb a hill to get to the beach. Supposedly there is a tunnel thru the bottom of the hill that takes you straight to the beach but we couldnt really find it. (we didnt really look, coz the stairs looked so cool! :))
If you’re lucky you might get street parking across the main entrance and you wont have to pay for parking. Its not a very big beach and wasnt crowded when we went to watch the sunset one evening. There were a few swimmers out there as well.