Saugatuck and Douglas are harbor villages that celebrate diversity--small-town America at its best! Here visitors turn back the pages of time to enjoy a more simple life where no one hurries and no one hurries you, a place where everyone is special and everyone is welcome.

While visiting either downtown area, you can walk in a safe and friendly environment to almost everything. In Saugatuck, you can stroll along the boardwalk admiring the boats or explore the dockside shops, picnic by the gazebo in Wicks Park overlooking the harbor, ride a Victorian hand-cranked ferry, rent a canoe, charter a sailboat or tour our waterways onboard an old-fashioned sternwheeler, dinner cruiser or W.W.II amphibious "duck" vehicle. End your excursion at the corner drug store soda fountain where hand-creamed sodas and malted shakes have been a specialty for 82 years!

Just across the river, Douglas is home to the SS Keewatin - a Titanic-era steamship, now a museum. Take a self-guided tour of the elegant historical buildings that provide the 19th century charm, then indulge yourself in Douglas' downtown shopping area that has become a magnet for home accessory, antique and interior design enthusiasts. Douglas is also home to the area's first microbrewery, a do-it-yourself Art Barn and West Michigan's largest Antique Pavilion.