A look over foreground sand and rolling grass covered dunes toward the distant Lake Michigan in the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area, Manistee National Forest, Michigan, USA.(picture recorded with Leica C-lux 1 camera). #pictureToday #nationalforest #Michigan

This picture is one of several record during a hike from the Nurnberg road trail through the back-dunes of the Wilderness Area and into wild north end of Ludington State Park, June 2024. The Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness is a 3,450-acre listed wilderness area within the Manistee National Forest. It is located north of Ludington, Michigan, and is best known for its 4 miles of undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline. The Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness is extremely fragile, and the ecosystem of the area is not found anywhere else in the world.