- Take a nature hike in the
Allegan State Forest
- Visit Allegan County as it was
100 years ago . . . at the Allegan County Historical Museum in
Allegan.
- Ride Saugatuck's fabulous sand
dunes in a "dunes schooner".
- Visit Peterson's Mill at
Saugatuck and see flour and meal being ground in the old time way.
- Climb Mt. Baldhead for a
breathtaking view of the Saugatuck-Douglas area.
- Paddle a canoe down the
Kalamazoo River from the Allegan Dam to Lake Michigan.
- Explore the river and harbor
at Saugatuck aboard the Island Queen, colorful stern-wheeler.
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Visit "De Zwaan" – the 200-year-old Dutch windmill at Windmill
Island in Holland.
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Take the kids to Plank Road Farm (Bradley exit, US-131) for an
intrigueing trip backwards in time.
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Watch the pony harness races at any one of several quarter-mile
tracks in the county. It's one of the midwest's fastest growing
sports.
- Tour the S.S. Keewatin, last
of the Great Lakes coal-burning steamers, now a marine museum in the
Saugatuck-Douglas harbor.
- Play a round of golf at any
one of several challenging courses in the Holland, Saugatuck,
Allegan, Shelbyville and Plainwell areas.
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Watch the dragsters race against time at US-131 Dragway, Martin.
- See a professional New York
cast in a Broadway play at Saugatuck's Red Barn theater.
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