Hoffmaster State Park
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P.J. Hoffmaster State Park is a state park along Lake Michigan located at the southwest corner of Norton Shores, Michigan in Muskegon County, Michigan. It is operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The park includes 1100 acres of land including 3 miles of sand beach on the lake. There are ten miles of hiking trails, including the Dune Climb Stairway on the tallest dune. Three miles of trail are groomed in the winter for cross-country skiing.
It is home of the Gillette Nature Center, which features exhibits related to the sand dune ecosystem within the park. It has two campgrounds and a beach.
The park is named after P.J. Hoffmaster, sometimes considered the founder of the Michigan state parks system, who served as the Superintendent of State Parks and Director of the Department of Conservation. The nature center is named for Emma Genevieve Gillette, who scouted locations for new state parks under Hoffmaster.
