Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area

Good to know

• 173 acres of duneland north of Oval Beach
• Acquired by the City in 2011 with help from the Land Conservancy of West Michigan
• Bounded by Lake Michigan, the Kalamazoo River and Oxbow Lagoon
• Oxbow Lagoon is the river's original channel, bypassed in 1906
• Globally imperiled interdunal wetlands
• Site of the former Fishtown settlement

Rules

• No dogs
• Stay on trails to protect the dunes and wetlands

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