thumb|Cottage near Lake Michigan in Shorewood Hills, c. 1950

Shorewood–Tower Hills–Harbert is a census-designated place (CDP) composed of several small unincorporated communities in Chikaming Township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,249 at the 2020 census. The CDP is limited to Chikaming Township, although some of the communities extend into southern Lake 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 freeway up to Sawyer, Michigan. The township is a popular resort destination.

Communities

  • Bethany Beach is at . The FIPS place code is 08040. Bethany Beach is a Christian Swedish community primarily made up of summer cottages and Bethany Beach, a Christian family-oriented lakefront recreation area. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan. The community was named after Bethany, a place mentioned in the Bible.
  • Birchwood is at . The FIPS place code is 08580.
  • Harbert is at . The ZIP code is 49115 and the FIPS place code is 36440. It was once the home of poet Carl Sandburg.
  • Hazelhurst is at . The FIPS place code is 37395. Hazelhurst Camp is a private cottage community founded and operated by the Prairie Club - a non-profit volunteer organization that was established in Chicago in 1908, to promote outdoor recreation and conservation. The camp includes 94 cottages on , and over of Lake Michigan waterfront.
  • Sawyer is at . The ZIP code is 49125 and the FIPS place code is 71760. The elevation is above sea level. The unincorporated village is named for Silas Sawyer, an early resident.
  • Shorewood Hills is at . The FIPS place code is 73700. Shorewood Hills was first called Bethany Hills Country Club, and started in the early 1920s 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 . The FIPS place code is 80230. Situated between Shorewood Hills and Warren Dunes State Park, this is a small lakefront duneland community.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.71%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census In the town, white females make a disproportionately low amount of income.