Woodland Beach, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Woodland Beach, Van Buren County.
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Woodland Beach unfurls along the Lake Michigan shoreline, a place where the sand whispers secrets of the prevailing winds and the water, a vast, shifting canvas of blues and grays. It lies 23.1 miles north of Granger, IN (from Granger, IN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-north-west of Dowagiac. The air here carries a distinct tang of freshwater and pine, a scent that clings to the skin and lingers long after one has left the immediate embrace of the dunes. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense, verdant tapestry of deciduous and coniferous trees, give way to the wide, inviting expanse of the beach itself. This is a landscape sculpted by the slow, persistent artistry of erosion and deposition, where the land meets the lake in a gentle, undulating embrace, and the sky, when it clears, stretches in an unbroken arc of pale, luminous blue. The history of Woodland Beach is a story woven into the very grain of its sandy soil, a tale of hardy settlers drawn by the bounty of the lake and the promise of timber. For generations, the local economy has ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of fishing and agriculture, with small farms dotting the surrounding countryside, their fields a patchwork quilt under the sun. Though industry has shifted over the decades, the spirit of self-reliance and a deep connection to the natural world remain. The rhythm of life in Woodland Beach is unhurried, dictated by the changing seasons and the steady pulse of the lake, a place where the quiet beauty of the natural world still holds sway.
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| Location | Woodland Beach, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.081987°N, 86.191684°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49047, 48162 |
| Area Code | 269, 313 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woodland Beach, Michigan, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Woodland Beach includes coordinates 42.081987°N, 86.191684°W, situated in Van Buren County. ZIP code 49047, 48162. Telephone area code: 269, 313. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.