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 1900 is no different. While the crest cannot be seen, a view from the top of Mt. Baldhead in 1900 afforded one a clear path to Lake Michigan, with a mixture of trees, woody bushes, grasses and bare sand amongst the dunes below the crest. The 2019 photograph from the same location just below the crest on the trail to Lake Michigan affords no such view. The waters of Lake Michigan can be seen only through a tunnel of mature vegetation.
LAT: 42.661112, LON: -86.209296
Photo Credit – 1900, Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society; 2019, Kevin McKeehan, Michigan State University.
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