Thorne Swift Preserve, Emmet County, MI

Beach Act beachTier 3Public access

Thorne Swift Preserve is a recreational beach in Emmet County, Michigan, on Lake Michigan.

Source: US EPA BEACON beach attributes. Attribute year 2026. Last reviewed October 2026.

This page lists beach identity, location and monitoring-program attributes. It does not show current advisories or bacteria sample results. For today's conditions, check your state or local beach program. How to read these attributes.

Beach attributes

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Beach ID: MI000347
EPA BEACON identifier for this beach.
Waterbody: Lake Michigan
Name of the water the beach fronts.
Waterbody type: Still Water
Open coast, sound/bay/inlet, still water (lakes) or flowing water (rivers).
Beach Act beach: Yes
Yes means the state or territory lists it under the BEACH Act grant program.
Monitoring tier: Tier 3
Priority tier the program assigned. Tier 1 is usually the highest use or risk, sampled most often.
Beach length: 0.27 miles
Reported shoreline length of the beach segment.
Access: Public
Whether the beach is reported as open to the public.
Owner: Public
Reported ownership category.
Swim season monitoring frequency: 0 per-year
Planned sampling frequency during the swim season.
Advisory reporting frequency: 1 per-year
How often advisory information is reported to EPA.
Monitoring reporting frequency: 1 per-week
How often monitoring results are reported to EPA.
Start coordinate: 45.4895, -85.0956
Latitude and longitude of one end of the beach segment.
End coordinate: 45.49, -85.0947
Latitude and longitude of the other end.
Attribute year: 2026
Year of the latest attribute record for this beach.

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