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The Douglas PRIDE Festival runs May 31 - June 6, 2026 in the twin communities of Saugatuck and Douglas, long known as the 'Art Coast of Michigan.'
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Oval Beach in Saugatuck ranked #24 among all US beaches in Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice 'Best of the Best' 2025 — the only Michigan beach on a list otherwise dominated by Florida and Hawaii — and #8 in Michigan by USA Today 10Best.
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The SS Keewatin, a 1907 Edwardian steamship that served as a Douglas, Michigan maritime museum for about 45 years, was relocated to Kingston, Ontario in 2023 and reopened at the Great Lakes Museum there in spring 2024.
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Saugatuck's Venetian Festival is a two-day waterfront celebration on Lake Kalamazoo (2026: July 24-25) featuring a Friday concert, a Saturday Dinghy Poker Run, and fireworks.
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Saugatuck Dunes State Park offers 2.5 miles of shoreline, 13 miles of trail, and a 300-acre natural area protecting perched dune habitat largely undisturbed since European settlement.
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The Waterfront Film Festival, founded in Saugatuck in 1999, has been ranked a top-five film festival by the Screen Actors Guild and premiered Academy Award-winning documentaries including 'March of the Penguins' and 'Born into Brothels'; it now runs from a 200-seat theater at 479 Columbia Avenue in Holland.
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The Saugatuck Chain Ferry ('Diane') is the last hand-powered chain ferry in the United States, operating since its first crossing in 1857 — one year before Michigan's statehood; the operator hand-cranks it along a submerged chain across the Kalamazoo River.
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Mount Baldhead is a 200-foot dune across the Kalamazoo River from downtown Saugatuck, reached via the Chain Ferry and a staircase of roughly 300 steps to panoramic Lake Michigan views.