Woodland Beach, MI

Woodland Beach is a Monroe County CDP in Frenchtown Charter Township, stretching along Lake Erie northeast of Monroe. The CDP is made up of several lakefront communities, including Erie Shores, Grand Beach, Indian Trails, and Woodland Beach; most of the homes sit southeast of North Dixie Highway. The 2020 Census counted 1,899 residents. The setting is less one village center than a string of beach associations and residential streets.

The Frenchtown parks plan lists Woodland Beach Club with beach access and play equipment, while Woodland Beach Association properties include ball diamonds. Grand Beach adds a tennis court, basketball, ball field, and picnic space nearby. Those details give the place a local map: lakefront pieces, neighborhood recreation, and the township road network with no single municipal square. Frenchtown Township's larger park system includes Monroe County's Nike, Heck, and Territorial Parks; Territorial Park reaches the River Raisin and includes the Navarre-Anderson Trading Post. Woodland Beach is tied to both Lake Erie and the inland river landscape. Its name comes from its wooded setting, but the more useful clue is the water: a collection of small shoreline communities whose daily geography runs between the beach, Dixie Highway, and Monroe.