THE LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Michigan Lake Plain setting.
Lake Michigan Beach CDP has 3.84 square miles of land in Berrien County. Its Census reference point is in Michigan Lake Plain, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lake Michigan Beach and Berrien County
Lake Michigan Beach is associated with Berrien County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Lake Michigan Beach by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Lake Michigan Beach, or 2.4% of its total area. It is 61.7 percentage points lower than the 64.1% recorded for Berrien County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake Michigan Beach CDP has 20.9% of the land area of nearby Hagar township (18.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

