West Michigan
West Michigan is roughly the westernmost third of the "palm" of the Lower Pensinsula of Michigan. It includes most of the Lake Michigan shoreline, as well as the nearby cities and towns, farmland, and woodland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is in West Michigan, in the United States of America. Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a population of just under 200,000 in the city limits, and nearly 570,000 in the surrounding county.
Kalamazoo
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Kalamazoo is a city in West Central Michigan. The city is home to more than 198,200 people, with 355,000 in the metropolitan area, which includes neighboring Battle Creek.
Battle Creek
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Battle Creek is a city in West Central Michigan. It boasts a population of 52,721 as of 2020. The city is renowned for its prominent breakfast cereal industry.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Lake Michigan Beachtowns and West Central Michigan.
Lake Michigan Beachtowns
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The Lake Michigan Beachtowns are a string of small- to medium-sized cities along the shoreline in West Michigan. They feature several harbors for lake-going boats and countless miles of sandy beaches on the freshwater inland sea of Lake Michigan.
Grand Rapids Area
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The Grand Rapids metropolitan area is a triangular shaped Metro Triplex, in West Michigan, which fans out westward from the primary hub city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the other two metro hubs of Muskegon and Holland.
Harbor Country
Harbor Country is a region in southwest West Michigan, on Lake Michigan just north of Indiana and a short distance east of Chicagoland. This small region features quaint towns, U-Pick apple/berry/pumpkin farms, wineries, and miles of beautiful Lake Michigan beaches.
Big Rapids
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Big Rapids is a city and the seat of government of Mecosta County, Michigan, United States. The population was 7,727 at the 2020 census, down from 10,601 in 2010.
Niles
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Niles is a city of 11,000 people in West Michigan. Niles lies on the banks of the St. Joseph River, at the site of the French Fort St. Joseph, which was built in 1697 to protect the Jesuit Mission established in 1691.
Allegan
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Allegan is a city in and the county seat of Allegan County, Michigan Its population was 5,222 at the 2020 census. It is located 40 miles southwest of Grand Rapids and 30 miles northwest of Kalamazoo, both via US 131.
Coloma
Coloma is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,465 at the 2020 census.West Michigan
- Type: Region with 1,150,000 residents
- Description: region of Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Western Michigan”
- Neighbors: Central Michigan, Northern Michigan, and Southeast Michigan
- Location: Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“West Michigan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西密歇根”
- Chinese: “西密西根”
- French: “Ouest du michigan”
- French: “Ouest du Michigan”
- Hebrew: “מערב מישיגן”
- Korean: “웨스트 미시간”
- Slovenian: “West Michigan”
- Slovenian: “Zahodni Michigan”
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