Saugatuck - city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan

Saugatuck and Douglas are small adjacent resort towns in West Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan, and at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River. They are mostly a summer resort area popular with locals and Chicago residents, and have a lively arts scene and many out of the ordinary shops and restaurants. They offer a peculiar mixture of traditional small-town midwestern values and progressive alternative-lifestyle tolerance.

Understand

Saugatuck is known to be a popular destination among the midwest's LGBT community

Tourist information

Get in

Saugatuck is off I-196, south of Holland.

Get around

See

In Douglas

  • {{see | name=Button Gallery | alt= | url=http://saugatuckdouglas.com/button.htm (dead link: December 2020) | email= | address=161 Blue Star Highway, Douglas | lat= | long= | directions= | phone = +1 269-857-2175 | tollfree= | fax= | hours= | price= | content= Offering fine paintings and sculpture in Douglas since 1966. }}
  • Constance Petter Gallery, 161 Blue Star Highway, Douglas, +1 269-857-7861. National and regional fine art for thirty years.
  • Water Street Gallery, 98 Center Street, Douglas, +1 269-857-8485. Contemporary fine art, painting, glass, sculpture by national/regional artists.

Do

Stroll the art galleries, visit the eclectic shops and restaurants and walk along the Lake Michigan beach to watch the sunsets. Oval Beach – which is in Saugatuck, but accessible by driving through Douglas – was once featured by MTV as one of the "top five" beaches in the country.

Every June since 1999, Saugatuck has hosted the Waterfront Film Festival, a showcase of independent filmmaking, featuring a selection of movies ranging from (relatively) big-budget productions with well-known star or two to obscure shoestring-budget shorts, including many regional and a few worldwide debuts.

In Douglas

  • {{do | name=Running Rivers Kayak Rental | alt= | url=http://running-rivers.info/home.html (dead link: December 2020) | email= | address=Wade's Bayou Park, Center St., Douglas | lat= | long= | directions= | phone=+1 269-673-3698 | tollfree= | fax= | hours= | price= | content= No experience needed. All ages welcome. 8-hour river trips. }}

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The lakeshore city of Holland lies a short distance to the north.

Saugatuck

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Postal code:49453Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:America/DetroitPopulation:865Coordinates:42.66, -86.20

Allegan County

2nd-order administrative division

Michigan

Primary administrative division

United States

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Population:327.2 MDial code:+1Currency:Dollar (USD)Voltage:120 V, 240 V, 60 Hz
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