About Beechwood
Beechwood, MI is a small unincorporated community located in western Michigan.
Officially, Beechwood is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.81 square miles.
📰 Beechwood News Today
- Beechwood Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 27
- 1314 Beechwood St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Realtor.com · Jun 6
- Barbara E. Westphal – Iron River, MI – November 27, 1931 ~ December 29, 2025 Upper Michigan's Source · Jan 6
- FBI, Detroit police investigating call of possible human remains found at vacant lot CBS News · Apr 13
- Dogged by rising costs, residents at CT mobile home park seek cap on rent increases Hartford Courant · Apr 30
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Beechwood Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in western Michigan, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Michigan — one of 745 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Beechwood
📍 The Reserve on Lake Macatawa📍 Acorn Creek📍 Bay Meadows📍 Chapel Hill📍 Cottage Lane📍 Eagle Crest📍 Idlewood Beach📍 Lakeshore Cottages📍 Macatawa Park📍 Point West at Macatawa Park📍 Spyglass📍 Sunset Bluff📍 The Villas on Lake Macatawa
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Beechwood
- Anna’s House — breakfast (café)
- Applebee's — american
- Beechwood Grill
- Bowerman Blueberries Farm Market — local (café)
- Butch's Dry Dock
- Chop Shop Primehouse
- Crust 54 — pizza
- FoxTail Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- HopCat — american
- Hops at 84 East — american
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Holland Museum · Museum
- Kruizenga Art Museum · Museum
- Nelis' Dutch Village · Theme park
- The Cappon House · Museum
- Veldheer's Tulip Farm · Attraction
- Windmill Island Gardens · Attraction
- Zero Latency · Arcade
- 1929 Antique Dutch Carousel · Attraction
- Big White Pine Trailhead · Attraction
- De Zwaan Windmill · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Beechwood
- Beechwood Park reviews ★
- Castle Park Nature Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Dune Pines Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Hemlock Crossing reviews ★
- Holland State Park reviews ★
- Howard B. Dunton Park reviews ★
- Port Sheldon Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Riley Trails reviews ★
- Stu Visser Trails reviews ★
- Tunnel Park reviews ★
- VanBuren Street Dunes Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Wolters Woods Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Beechwood
- Sheldon Woods Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMichigan
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.81 sq mi
Coordinates42.7990, -86.1218