Known as a summertime staple, Silver Lake Sand Dunes is open for winter hiking, fat-tire biking, snowshoeing and sledding.

While droves of vacationers flock to beaches overlooking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, inland residents enjoy Michigan's rolling sand dunes, ocean-like shoreline and sweeping vistas.

We're talking cliff diving, ice caves, sink holes, waterfalls and sand ... West Michigan has some pretty sweet dunes, too.