South Haven

South Haven is a city in . South Haven is unique among Lake Michigan beach towns in that the downtown is right next to the beaches and the harbor.
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  • Type: Town with 5,150 residents
  • Description: city in Van Buren County, Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: “South Haven, MI” and “South Haven, Michigan”
  • Postal code: 49090

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Haven Light and Michigan Maritime Museum.

Lighthouse
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The South Haven South Pierhead Light is a lighthouse in , at the entrance to the on . The station was lit in 1872, and is still operational.

Museum
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The is a museum and research library located in South Haven in the U.S. state of . The museum is located next to the Dyckman Avenue bascule bridge on the just in from , the second-largest by volume of the five .

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

South Haven

Latitude
42.4031° or 42° 24′ 11″ north
Longitude
-86.2736° or 86° 16′ 25″ west
Population
5,150
Elevation
614 feet (187 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SOH
Open location code
86JMCP3G+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153552795
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5010517
Wiki­data ID
Q953719
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“South Haven” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساوث هيفن”
  • Basque: “South Haven”
  • Cebuano: “South Haven”
  • Chechen: “Саут-Гейвен”
  • Chinese: “South Haven”
  • Chinese: “南黑文”
  • Czech: “South Haven”
  • Danish: “South Haven”
  • Dutch: “South Haven”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شاوث هيفن”
  • French: “South Haven”
  • German: “South Haven”
  • Gilaki: “سأؤث هیون (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “سأؤث هیون”
  • Irish: “South Haven”
  • Italian: “South Haven”
  • Japanese: “サウス・ヘブン”
  • Japanese: “サウスヘイブン”
  • Kazakh: “Соус Хэйвн”
  • Korean: “사우스 헤이븐”
  • Korean: “사우스헤이븐”
  • Ladin: “South Haven”
  • Malagasy: “South Haven, Michigan”
  • Malagasy: “South Haven”
  • Mazanderani: “ساؤث هیون (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “ساؤث هیون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “South Haven”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “South Haven”
  • Norwegian: “South Haven”
  • Persian: “هیون جنوبی، میشیگان”
  • Persian: “هیون جنوبی”
  • Polish: “South Haven”
  • Portuguese: “South Haven”
  • Romanian: “South Haven”
  • Russian: “Саут-Хейвен”
  • Serbian: “Саут Хејвен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “South Haven, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “South Haven”
  • Slovak: “South Haven”
  • Slovenian: “South Haven”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی هیون”
  • Spanish: “South Haven (Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “South Haven”
  • Swedish: “South Haven, Michigan”
  • Swedish: “South Haven”
  • Tatar: “Саут-Гейвен”
  • Ukrainian: “Саут-Гейвен”
  • Urdu: “ساؤتھ ہیون، مشی گن”
  • Uzbek: “South Haven”
  • Volapük: “South Haven”
  • Welsh: “South Haven, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “South Haven”

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