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Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert is a cluster of unincorporated communities in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

It is a Census-designated place (CDP) used for statistical purposes. The population was 1,619 at the 2000 census. The CDP is limited to Chikaming Township, although some of the communities extend into southern Lake Charter Township.

All of the communities are located either upon or just east of the dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan. Most of the communities lie west of Interstate 94, although the CDP includes a small area east of the interstate up to Sawyer.

Communities
Bethany Beach is at 41°53'29"N, 86°37'05"W. The FIPS place code is 08040. Bethany Beach is a Christian Swedish community primarily comprised of summer cottages. Located on the shores of Lake Michigan residents of Bethany Beach enjoy the beach during the summer months.
Birchwood is at 41°52'53"N, 86°37'43"W. The FIPS place code is 08580.
Harbert is at 41°52'19"N, 86°37'44"W. The ZIP code is 49115 and the FIPS place code is 36440.
Hazelhurst is at 41°52'42"N, 86°37'43"W. The FIPS place code is 37395.
Sawyer is at 41°53'07"N, 86°35'22"W. The ZIP code is 49125 and the FIPS place code is 71760. The elevation is 654 feet above sea level. The unincorporated village is named for Silas Sawyer, an early resident.
Shorewood Hills is at 41°53'45"N, 86°36'57"W. The FIPS place code is 73700. Shorewood Hills was first called Bethany Hills Country Club, and started in the early 1920's as a derivative offshoot Swedish summer community from Bethany Beach. It since has developed a core group of homestead residences, but the emphasis is oriented as a second-home beach community along Lake Michigan in the barrier dunes. Besides the beachfront, its other features are its mesophytic forest with four co-dominant species, including both northern Hemlock and southern Tulip trees, an ample population of trillium seen in spring, and Deer Creek which winds its way through a common ravine area out to the Lake.
Tower Hill Shorelands is at 41°54'06"N, 86°36'39"W. The FIPS place code is 80230. Situated between Shorewood Hills and the Warren Dunes State Park, this small lakefront duneland community was once home to Carl Sandburg and his family who moved to Harbert Michigan in 1928.

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