Historical photographs from Mt. Baldhead near Saugatuck show the large dune once was indeed “bald” with large amounts of bare sand atop its “head”. This original photograph from 1890 is no different. While trees populate the dune’s base at that time, the top of the dune is bare sand. The 2019 photograph from the same location and approximately the same time of year shows that woody vegetation at the base and slopes has become denser while the top of Mt. Baldhead is no longer bald.
LAT: 42.661227, LON: -86.207821
Photo Credit – 1890, Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society; 2019, Kevin McKeehan, Michigan State University.
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