Kalamazoo River
The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is 130 miles long from the junction of its north and south branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to 178 miles when one includes the South Branch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Michigan
- Also known as: “Kekalamazoo River”, “Kikalemazo River”, and “River Kallemazo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Baldhead and Goshorn Lake.
Mount Baldhead
Peak
Mount Baldhead, also known as Mt. Baldy and Radar Hill, is a 250-foot sand dune located on a narrow strip of land between Lake Michigan and Kalamazoo River, directly across the river from downtown Saugatuck.
Goshorn Lake
Lake
Goshorn Lake is a small inland lake north of Saugatuck, Michigan, named after James Goshorn. It is separated by high sand dunes from the Lake Michigan shore and was once a meeting place for the Pottawatomi Native Americans. Goshorn Lake is situated 1½ miles east of Kalamazoo River.
Dorr E. Felt Mansion
Building
The Felt Mansion is a house located at 66th Street and 138th Avenue, in Holland, Michigan, near Saugatuck, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Dorr E. Felt Mansion is situated 2 miles northeast of Kalamazoo River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Singapore and Saugatuck.
Singapore
Hamlet
Singapore is a ghost town in Michigan, United States. It was a casualty of erosion after the surrounding woods were deforested—exacerbated by the need for lumber to rebuild several Midwestern cities and towns ravaged by fires in 1871.
Saugatuck
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Douglas
Village
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douglas is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,378 at the 2020 census. The city is surrounded by Saugatuck Township and the city of Saugatuck is adjacent on the north. Douglas is situated 2½ miles south of Kalamazoo River.
Kalamazoo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Allegan, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kalamazoo River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kalamazoo”
- Catalan: “Kalamazoo”
- Cebuano: “Kalamazoo River”
- Chinese: “卡拉馬祖河”
- Dutch: “Kalamazoo River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كالامازو”
- French: “Kalamazoo”
- German: “Kalamazoo River”
- Hungarian: “Kalamazoo folyó”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kalamazoo”
- Japanese: “カラマズー川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalamazoo River”
- Russian: “Каламазу”
- Slovenian: “Kalamazoo River”
- Slovenian: “Kalamazoo”
- Slovenian: “reka Kalamazoo”
- Spanish: “Kalamazoo”
- Spanish: “Rio Kalamazoo”
- Spanish: “Río Kalamazoo”
- Venetian: “Kalamazoo”
- Welsh: “Afon Kalamazoo”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Old Saugatuck and Oxbow.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pelican Peak and Riverside Cemetery.
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