Why people choose it
Lake Macatawa
Deep-water docks and the North Shore's coveted frontage.
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Deep-water frontage suitable for larger boats, unusual on this coast.
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The channel means Lake Michigan access without trailering.
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North Shore properties trade rarely and often quietly.
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Dock permits and riparian rights vary parcel by parcel.
Photographs
Lake Macatawa, as it is.
Real photographs, freely licensed, credited to the people who took them. Nothing here was generated.
01The beach at the mouth of Lake Macatawa, looking along the channel pier toward the harbour light.
02Powerboats running the channel that connects Lake Macatawa to Lake Michigan.
03Dusk on the Lake Michigan shore beside the channel entrance.
Things to do
On and off the water.
Named places, not a mood board. Follow any of them through to the people who run it.
Lighthouse
01
Holland Harbor Light
Known locally as Big Red, standing at the channel into Lake Macatawa.
State park
02
Holland State Park
Separate Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa units either side of the channel.
Beach
03
Tunnel Park
Twenty-two acres where a tunnel through a dune leads to the beach.
Dune
04
Mt. Pisgah
A stairway climbs the wooded dune above Ottawa Beach for lake views.
Boardwalk
05
Black Lake Boardwalk
Walkway along 2,400 feet of Lake Macatawa shoreline toward Mt. Pisgah.
Trail
06
Riley Trails
Three hundred acres of beech-maple forest with hiking and ski trails.
Museum
07
Ottawa Beach Pumphouse Museum
Built in 1901 to serve the Hotel Ottawa resort complex.
Hours, seasons and access change. Everything above links to the organization that runs it — check there before you drive out to Lake Macatawa.
The market
Lake Macatawa, last month.
Lake Macatawa is not a city in the published data — it is a township or a lake, and no city-level figures exist for it. These are its county's, labelled as such.
- Median sale price
$415,000
Ottawa County · May 2026 (304 sales)
+2.6% year over year
- Median price per square foot
$232/sq ft
Ottawa County · May 2026 (304 sales)
+6.5% year over year
- Median days on market
10 days
Ottawa County · May 2026 (304 sales)
0 days year over year
- Homes sold
304
Ottawa County · May 2026
+4.1% year over year
- New listings
433
Ottawa County · May 2026
+2.4% year over year
- Homes for sale
467
Ottawa County · May 2026
−7.9% year over year
Redfin Monthly Housing Market Tracker, All Residential. Published by Redfin on 2 June 2026 and read into this site on 5 August 2026. Monthly figures describe closed sales, not asking prices, and a single month in a small town moves on a handful of transactions — none of this is a valuation of any particular house.
On the map
The lake, end to end.
Lake Macatawa is the market, not just a lake. Its North Shore holds some of the most valuable frontage in West Michigan — deep water, private docks and a channel to Lake Michigan that makes a real boat practical rather than aspirational.
Water · Lake Macatawa
- County
- Ottawa
- Governed by
- Park and Holland townships
- Schools
- West Ottawa Public Schools
- Short-term rentals
- Not permitted in residential districts
Pins mark the center of Lake Macatawa and any listings nearby. Approximate positions, not surveyed locations.
On the market
Lake Macatawa property.
$6,000,000
Holland
4076 Fiddlers Way
7 bed · 7 bath · 5,825 sq ft · 3.7 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$5,824,000
Holland
5645 N Lakeshore Drive
5 bed · 4 bath · 5,196 sq ft · 5.61 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$5,695,000
Holland
6479 144th Avenue
5 bed · 6 bath · 10,775 sq ft · 22.59 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$4,200,000
Holland
5285 N Lakeshore Drive
4 bed · 4 bath · 3,884 sq ft · 2.37 acres
Listing courtesy of Shores of Michigan Real Estate LLC
$3,950,000
Holland
714 N Shore Drive
5 bed · 3 bath · 5,059 sq ft · 1.46 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$3,500,000
Holland
602 Lawn Avenue
3 bed · 3 bath · 3,499 sq ft · 0.38 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$3,490,000
Holland
0 Hillside Trail
9.3 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$2,750,000
Holland
317 N Lakeshore Drive
5 bed · 3 bath · 3,287 sq ft · 2.43 acres
Listing courtesy of West Edge Real Estate LLC
$2,000,000
Holland
1140 Marigold Lane
4 bed · 2 bath · 3,188 sq ft · 0.78 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$1,850,000
Holland
1418 Waukazoo Drive
2 bed · 2 bath · 2,434 sq ft · 0.98 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$1,750,000
Holland
437 Graafschap Road
4 bed · 3 bath · 2,690 sq ft · 0.75 acres
Listing courtesy of West Edge Real Estate LLC
$1,749,900
Holland
6427 Sand Castle View
4 bed · 4 bath · 3,539 sq ft · 2.5 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$1,595,000
Holland
159 S River Avenue
3 bed · 3 bath · 2,491 sq ft
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$1,395,000
Holland
3636 Vienna Stras Street
5 bed · 3 bath · 2,702 sq ft · 1.47 acres
Listing courtesy of Mill Pond Realty
$1,290,000
Holland
6220 146th Avenue
4 bed · 3 bath · 2,099 sq ft · 8.3 acres
Listing courtesy of BHG Connections
$1,250,000
Holland
4679 Forest Ridge Drive
4 bed · 3 bath · 3,110 sq ft · 0.23 acres
Listing courtesy of Greenridge Realty Hamilton
$1,200,000
Holland
792 Pine Bay Avenue
5 bed · 3 bath · 2,244 sq ft · 1.1 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$1,200,000
Holland
6664 Scenic Shores Drive
4 bed · 3 bath · 3,907 sq ft · 0.59 acres
Listing courtesy of Kelso Homes LLC
$1,200,000
Holland
2302 Timberlee Drive
5 bed · 3 bath · 2,883 sq ft · 0.7 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$1,175,000
Holland
955 Kenwood Drive
5 bed · 2 bath · 2,351 sq ft · 3.8 acres
Listing courtesy of West Edge Real Estate LLC
$1,100,000
Holland
3635 Vienna Stras Street
4 bed · 3 bath · 2,610 sq ft · 1.84 acres
Listing courtesy of HomeRealty Holland
$1,050,000
Holland
16275 Riley Street
4 bed · 3 bath · 2,400 sq ft · 3 acres
Listing courtesy of Five Star Real Estate-Holland
$975,000
Holland
141 Central Avenue
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,864 sq ft
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$965,000
Holland
593 Old Macatawa Court
4 bed · 2 bath · 3,630 sq ft
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$949,900
Holland
159 S River Avenue
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,699 sq ft · 0.68 acres
Listing courtesy of RE/MAX Lakeshore
$925,000
Holland
46 Counts Cove Court
5 bed · 3 bath · 2,571 sq ft · 0.45 acres
Listing courtesy of HomeRealty Holland
$900,000
Holland
VL Ottogan
4 bed · 2 bath · 2,406 sq ft · 5.35 acres
Listing courtesy of City2Shore Gateway Group
$899,900
Holland
1729 Waukazoo Drive
5 bed · 3 bath · 2,744 sq ft · 0.54 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$898,500
Holland
6480 Island Lake Road
3 bed · 2 bath · 1,872 sq ft · 0.32 acres
Listing courtesy of Mill Pond Realty
$849,900
Holland
159 S River Avenue
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,509 sq ft · 0.68 acres
Listing courtesy of RE/MAX Lakeshore
$799,000
Holland
6352 143rd Avenue
4 bed · 3 bath · 2,093 sq ft · 5.99 acres
Listing courtesy of HomeRealty Holland
$790,000
Holland
14390 New Holland Street
5 bed · 3 bath · 3,744 sq ft · 1.33 acres
Listing courtesy of HomeRealty Holland
$774,900
Holland
1586 Blue Haven Drive
4 bed · 3 bath · 1,706 sq ft · 0.36 acres
Listing courtesy of West Edge Real Estate LLC
$749,900
Holland
17 W 10th Street
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,235 sq ft
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$704,900
Holland
1650 Red Stem Drive
4 bed · 3 bath · 1,647 sq ft · 1.12 acres
Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt
$699,900
Holland
2066 Woodlark Drive
5 bed · 4 bath · 2,364 sq ft · 0.44 acres
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Lakeshore
$699,900
Holland
3830 146th Avenue
4 bed · 2 bath · 2,234 sq ft · 3.06 acres
Listing courtesy of Dalmatian Real Estate
Before you buy
What to lookinto first.
Local conditions that change what a parcel is worth or what may be built on it. None of this is legal advice and none of it answers for a specific address — it is what to raise with the municipality, your attorney and your inspector before the offer, not after.
- 01Short-term rentals are not permitted
Park Township permits short-term rentals only in the C-2 Resort Commercial district. They are not a permitted use in any other district, including every residential zone, and there is no registration or licensing route. Litigation over the ban has run for several years. Treat rental income as unavailable unless the township confirms otherwise in writing.
Park Township- 02High risk erosion setbacks
EGLE designated high risk erosion areas in Park Township in November 1994 and publishes the affected parcels by number. The listed recession rate is 2.5 feet a year, giving a 30-year setback of 90 feet and a 60-year setback of 165 feet from the bluff. Non-moveable structures must sit behind the 60-year line, which can rule out rebuilding on an existing footprint.
Michigan EGLE- 03Critical dune area permits
Park Township appears in EGLE's Atlas of Critical Dunes, so Part 353 applies to much of the lakeshore. A permit is needed for a house or garage, a drive, a septic system, retaining walls or sand removal, with fees from $150 to $6,000 and 60 to 90 days of processing once an application is complete. EGLE completed a fresh delineation in 2026, so work from the current mapping rather than an older survey.
Michigan EGLE- 04Lake levels move a long way
The NOAA gauge at Holland recorded a monthly mean of 175.59 meters in January 2013 and 177.50 meters in June 2020 — a swing of about 6.3 feet in seven and a half years. High-water years drive bluff loss and take the beach away; low-water years leave docks short of navigable depth. Look at how a property performed at both extremes, not at today's shoreline.
NOAA Tides and Currents- 05Docks and shoreline structures need permits
Docks, boat lifts, seawalls, filling and dredging below the ordinary high-water mark require an EGLE permit under Part 325 for Great Lakes bottomlands, or Part 301 for inland waters. An existing structure is not proof that it was ever permitted. Ask for the permit file before assuming a dock, hoist or revetment can be kept, repaired or extended.
Michigan EGLE
Check it at the source
Zoning, permitted uses, shoreline rules and school boundaries are set by the governing bodies below and can change. These are the offices that answer for Lake Macatawa.