Sunset Lake Water Trail

09/30/2024

BELTED KINGFISHER BREAKING THE RULES AT SUNSET LAKE PARK

05/26/2024

SWAN BABIES (CIGNETS) TOUR SUNSET LAKE - How many can you count?

06/23/2023

YOGA AT SUNSET LAKE PARK

Emily Hughes leads Yoga exercises in the Sunset Lake Park Pavilion three times weekly from 10am to 11am. For further information contact her at 269-830-5494.

08/03/2022

BOARDWALK & FISHING PIER REPAIRS

The boardwalk and fishing piers at Sunset Lake Park were installed sometime in the 1980's. They've held up well, but instability in the south fishing pier prompted the Village to authorize major repairs. In these photos employees of Frederick Construction powerwash (with water) the boardwalk and railings, and rebuild the south fishing pier. No more "shimmy shake" when moving about the pier!

05/28/2022

SWIMMING BEACH BACTERIAL MONITORING HAS BEGUN

From Memorial Day to Labor Day the Kalamazoo Dept of Public Health monitors bacterial and E. coli presence in area beaches. Attached is a photo of a specialist during recent sample collection and the most recent test results. Note that lake conditions (such as water temperature) are also included.

Check the State's "BeachGuard" site for current and past test results throughout the state. Results for Sunset Lake Park can be found at: https://www.egle.state.mi.us/beach/BeachDetail.aspx?BeachID=2014

05/04/2022

HIGH-TECH STEALTHY FISHING KAYAK

This fellow cruised around Sunset Lake recently in his fishing kayak (is that the correct name?). Note the fishing gear, comfy seating, stearing lever and backup paddles. What you can't see from the still photo is that it's self propelled, and very quiet! I'm curious as to whether it uses a propeller or moves water like a jet ski.

04/30/2022

"GEESE POLICE" FOR NIGHT SECURITY WATCH

Throughout history, territorial and often aggressive domestic geese have been deployed to keep watch over everything from Scotch whisky to military installations. See the video at: https://youtu.be/L7qXWIxxd4I

Could our Sunset Lake Park geese be pressed into service?

They may not look like law enforcers, but geese like these have become the latest recruits to a number of police stations across the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomou...

04/29/2022

NUISANCE W**D & ALGAE TREATMENT SCHEDULE FOR 2022