Our Cool City

Why we think our hometown is a fun place for kids to visit.

Click to read about the history of our town.
This link will bring you to the Historical Society's Website. (Link will open up a new window.)

Click here to read an Interview with Kit Lane, our local historian about the history of Saugatuck. This interview was written by Nicole, an elementary school student.


Oval Beach

"Our Lady Governor gave us a prize because she said we were one of the top twenty coolest cities in Michigan. We are."

"Our shops are awesome. They have cool kid's stuff!"

"The food is spectacular! Our food is good and fantastic.
Downtown, our food makes your mouth
water from fudge to steak!"

"Our Parks have lots of friendly squirrels. There is one without a tail. He eats peanuts and gets real close."

"We have an awesome museum, 5 ice cream shops, cool shops with lots of fantastic stuff, the best library for kids, city hall with an unusual history, historical restaurants, the best art galleries, and a pie factory where you can Click here to see plays & movies."


Down Town

"We have some of the nicest churches in the world and they have Sunday school too & cheap dinners and breakfasts (afterwards.)"

"Our parking lot does not have a lot of room so you'd better get here soon!"

"Come relax in our pretty parks.
You can bring a picnic if you want."


"We have a real ghost town called Singapore. The houses are covered with sand."


Downtown Shops

"You can listen to birds chirp, watch butterflies and boats go by, or feed the ducks in our parks along the water."

"If you like art you should come here."

"You can play all sorts of sports downtown."

"Come gather around, play at the park, get ice cream, play catch, eat, sit on deck, or just plain walk."

"Take your family for a walk up Mt. Baldhead
and along the water at Oval Beach."

"Your family can go bike riding, play in the park, play basketball, hike trails, bowling, eat at restaurants, go to coffee shops, or go for a boat or dune ride."

Sail Boat

"If you come here for a week, you'll want to be here everyday."

"Once you see, you won't want to leave it."

"Once you shop here, you can't stop."

"Come in the winter and ice skate at Beery Field in Douglas. It's awesome."

"When you come here, you won't want to go
back where you orginally came from."

"Living downtown is the funnest!"

"We have the best downtown in the world!"


Saugatuck Chain Ferry

"Our Drug store has lots of great candy and rubber bugs. They also have ice cream sodas that are taller than my head if I sit at the counter."

"This is the coolest downtown!"

"Our stores are groovy."

"Downtown is awesome."

"We get to go to the Children's Film Festival for free but you will have to pay. We saw a movie about a big whale. The whole body is the size of a school bus. I think nobody else has a flim festival just for kids."

"We are all proud to live in such a wonderful town."

"Our schools are spectacular!"

"We have a beautiful chain ferry. You can ride on it.
It's the only one left in the world."

"I'm glad I live downtown."