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Saugatuck
+A +Case Study
+Joseph +J. Green
+Northern +Arizona University
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+ Across the United States are +many little known tourist locations. One such location is Saugatuck, +a small city located in Allegan county in south-west Michigan. The +purpose of this study is to highlight one the United State’s small +time tourist locations and explore some reasons someone may or may +not want to visit the city. This study will cover several questions:
+What + public transportation is available?
+ +How + well is private transportation supported?
+ +What + type of high and low end lodging is there?
+ +What + are a few of the main attractions?
+ +How + safe is the city?
+ +What + is the climate?
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Transportation
++ The +city of Saugatuck is divided by the Kalamazoo river. The downtown +area is situated on the east side of the river, with some housing, a +few tourist attractions, and access to Lake Michigan on the west +side. Situated on this river is a hand-cranked chain and pulley +driven ferry that grants quick access across the river, mainly to +access Oval beach on Lake Michigan, for a small fee (Michigan, n.d.).
++ The +city also offers a bus service called the Interurban. The Interurban +is an on-demand pickup and drop off service that operates in +Saugatuck township, which covers the cities of Saugatuck and +Douglass, that offers pick ups and drop offs at any location in the +service area. This service permits reservations, and claims to be +able to arrange a pickup within as little as 15 minutes after the +call. The service fee is a mere $1.00 for healthy people 12 and +older, and $0.50 for seniors 62 and over, children under 12, or +persons with disabilities (Saugatuckinterurban.org, n.d.). The +Interurban effectively operates like a cheap taxi service.
++ For +private vehicles the parking situation can be a bit odd in the winter +months. The city enforces something they call “odd/even parking.” +For a few hours every morning 0300-0600, on even numbered days, all +vehicles must be parked on the side of the street with even numbered +buildings, and on odd days, the odd numbered building sides. However, +this only applies from November first until April first, and not +during the summer when many people may prefer to visit +(Saugatuckcity.com, n.d.). +
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Lodging + +
+Low +cost lodging is available in the area. Such as the AmericaInn Lodge & +Suites located on Blue Star Highway in Douglas close to downtown +Saugatuck and the beach. The Inn claims it starts at $81 dollars a +night and includes a “home style” breakfast. It appears to be +fairly standard lodging one might find for under $100 near small time +tourist locations (AmericInn, n.d.). On the other end of the +spectrum is The Hotel Saugatuck. Rooms start at around $280 a night. +The hotel’s building was originally built in 1865, and has been the +location of many different business over the centuries, evolving +along with the rest of the town of Saugatuck. Currently, however, it +lives its life as a bed and breakfast. The hotel has a Chef on duty +and breakfast is served every morning at a time of the guest’s +choosing. The hotel is located just south of the city with a short +distance to downtown and, thanks to the ferry, to the beach (The +Hotel Saugatuck, n.d.).
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Attractions
++ Despite +its small size, Saugatuck has a plethora of activities to participate +in. Saugatuck is known for being a top art center, which “traces +its creative roots back 100 years to the day when The Art Institute +of Chicago established its Ox-Bow School here” (Saugatuck, n.d.). +Dozens of artists from a variety of disciplines, including painters +and sculptors, continue to keep the art community alive.
++ Dune +rides are another favored activity in the area. Guests ride along in +a dune buggy as the driver races up and down the dunes +(Tripadvisor.com, n.d.). As mentioned earlier, Oval beach is nearby +which allows people to enjoy Lake Michigan (Tripadvisor.com, n.d.). +There is also Mount Baldhead Park. This place is famous for having a +huge staircase that climbs up a fairly steep hill with over 200 +steps, and once at the top, one can get a view of Lake Michigan along +with a sandy hill one can travel down and get to the lake +(Tripadvisor.com, n.d.). There is, of course, the kalamazoo river and +the ferry used to cross it that one can explore which was mentioned +earlier. Saugatuck is also home to quite a few museums, restaurants, +specialty stores, a golf course, a center of the arts, landmarks, and +many other activities (Tripadvisor.com, n.d.).
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Safety
+While +crimes aren’t completely unknown in Saugatuck, the rates are much +lower than other places in the country (Home Security, n.d.). +Considering that the population of the town is under 1000 people, +along with huge influxes of tourism in the warmer months, it would +seem that most information on crime in Saugatuck would be unreliable +at best. Being that the population of people who live there is small, +and that it’s a rather wealthy town, crime among the natives would +appear to be low, but with tourists who come from all over and aren’t +always the same people every year, or at the same time, it’s hard +to gage useful crime statistics.
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Climate
+Saugatuck +has fairly average weather for the midwest. The yearly lows are +around -13F in January with February being the only other month to +dip below 0 degrees on average. The highs can top 90 degrees during +May through September with the highs staying above freezing year +round. Average temperatures, however, find that December through +February are the only months that remain at the freezing point or +below, and most days averaging around 70 degrees or less +(Areavibes.com, n.d.).
+The +city also has a much better than average air quality index. The +national air quality index is set at 50, with Michigan’s sitting at +a poor 69. A higher number means higher pollution with this index, +and Saugatuck sits in at 29, nearly half that of the national +average, and much more than half the state average. The city has 319 +days a year where the air quality is considered good, 46 that it is +considered moderate, and 0 days that the quality is considered poor +for sensitive people or unhealthy for the general public +(Areavibes.com, n.d.). It’s safe to conclude that Saugatuck is a +pretty good place to breath, regarding pollution.
+Precipitation +wise, Saugatuck gets plenty of it with it’s average of 2.2 inches +of precipitation a month. However, some days can meet or exceede the +monthly averages on their own. In June, despite the average being 2.4 +in a month, it has been recorded that a single day can reach as high +as 5 inches (Areavibes.com, n.d.). As for snow, Saugatuck generally +gets about 78 inches per winter (Bestplaces.net, n.d.).
+Saugatuck’s +minimum wind speed stays under 5MPH all year long, but doesn’t seem +to hit 0 MPH except in September. Average wind speeds stay at or +above 5MPH, yet stay below 10MPH. The highs, however, can be as high +as around 25MPH in March and November, with the highs typically being +20MPH or lower (Areavibes.com, n.d.).
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Natural +Diasters
+Tornados +rarely come near the city, but they do occur. 1956 witnessed the +largest tornado in the Saugatuck area which was a category F5 which +resulted in 17 deaths and 292 injuries. Average yearly tornados is 1, +but from 1950-2014, only 49 tornados have struck the area, and rarely +does anyone get injured (Homefacts.com, n.d.).
+Since +1935 there have been 0 earthquakes in Saugatuck (Homefacts.com, +n.d.). Though six have been recorded since 1930, the end of a +hurricane has been known to find its way into Michigan. In 2008 +hurricane Gustav found it’s way up through the golf of Mexico, +eventually passing through Saugatuck, and ending at Lake Huron +(Homefacts.com, n.d.). Overall, Saugatuck seems safe from many +natural disasters.
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Conclusion
+Saugatuck +Michigan is a nice little town in South West Michigan worth taking a +look at for vacation for a variety of types of people. There are many +attractions from historical landmarks to fine dining, from hiking +through the woods to riding the dunes, from shopping gift and +specialty shops, to viewing the local art scene. Public +transportation is exceptionally cheap, on-demand, and full service. +Lodging is available from the low end at $80 a night type of affair, +to a bed and breakfast in a historical building. The town appears to +be safe and secure for tourists of all kinds to appreciate what the +city has to offer. The pollution is low making it a safe place to +visit for people with air sensitivity issues, and even for healthy +people, it may be nice to get out and breathe air rated at nearly +half the pollution levels of the nation at large. Natural disasters +rarely strike, and when they do it results in minimum damage. The +only thing one could reasonably find complaint with is the rather low +average temperatures and perhaps the rain and snow, but the snow is +easily evaded (or enjoyed) by carefully planning a trip. Saugatuck, +Michigan is a nice, safe, healthy place to go to get away from home.
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+AmericInn. +(n.d.). AmericInn. [online] Available at: +https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/americinn/douglas-michigan/americinn-lodge-and-suites-douglas-saugatuck/overview?TAHotelCode=AADOUG +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Areavibes.com. +(n.d.). Saugatuck, MI Weather Forecast & Monthly Average +Temperatures. [online] Available at: +http://www.areavibes.com/saugatuck-mi/weather/ [Accessed 22 Mar. +2018].
++Bestplaces.net. +(n.d.). Saugatuck, Michigan Climate. [online] Available +at: http://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/michigan/saugatuck +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Home Security +Saugatuck 866.234.9412 | Protection 1. (n.d.). Home Security +Saugatuck 866.234.9412 | Protection 1. [online] Available at: +https://www.protection1.com/local/michigan/home-security-mi-saugatuck +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Homefacts.com. +(n.d.). Hurricane Weather in Saugatuck, MI. [online] +Available at: +https://www.homefacts.com/hurricanes/Michigan/Allegan-County/Saugatuck.html +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Homefacts.com. +(n.d.). Saugatuck, Allegan County, MI Tornadoes. [online] +Available at: +https://www.homefacts.com/tornadoes/Michigan/Allegan-County/Saugatuck.html +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Homefacts.com. +(n.d.). Saugatuck, MI Earthquakes | Homefacts. [online] +Available at: +https://www.homefacts.com/earthquakes/Michigan/Allegan-County/Saugatuck.html +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Michigan. +(n.d.). Saugatuck Chain Ferry. [online] Available at: +https://www.michigan.org/property/saugatuck-chain-ferry [Accessed 22 +Mar. 2018].
++Saugatuck. +(n.d.). Home - Saugatuck. [online] Available at: +https://saugatuck.com [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Saugatuckcity.com. +(n.d.). City of Saugatuck. [online] Available at: +http://www.saugatuckcity.com/images/adobe-files/maps/winter-odd-even-parking-map.pdf +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Saugatuckinterurban.org. +(n.d.). Saugatuck Interurban Transit Authority > Home. +[online] Available at: http://saugatuckinterurban.org [Accessed 22 +Mar. 2018].
++The Hotel +Saugatuck. (n.d.). The Hotel Saugatuck Luxury Bed and +Breakfast - Michigan. [online] Available at: +https://www.thehotelsaugatuck.com [Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Tripadvisor.com. +(n.d.). Mount Baldhead Park (Saugatuck) - All You Need to +Know Before You Go (with Photos) - TripAdvisor. [online] +Available at: +https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g42683-d4551983-Reviews-Mount_Baldhead_Park-Saugatuck_Allegan_County_Michigan.html +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Tripadvisor.com. +(n.d.). Oval Beach (Saugatuck) - All You Need to Know Before +You Go (with Photos) - TripAdvisor. [online] Available at: +https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g42683-d142430-Reviews-Oval_Beach-Saugatuck_Allegan_County_Michigan.html +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Tripadvisor.com. +(n.d.). Saugatuck Dune Rides - All You Need to Know Before +You Go (with Photos) - TripAdvisor. [online] Available at: +https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g42683-d2181753-Reviews-Saugatuck_Dune_Rides-Saugatuck_Allegan_County_Michigan.html +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
++Tripadvisor.com. +(n.d.). The 10 Best Things to Do in Saugatuck - 2018 (with +Photos) - TripAdvisor. [online] Available at: +https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g42683-Activities-Saugatuck_Allegan_County_Michigan.html +[Accessed 22 Mar. 2018].
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Saugatuck
+A +Case Study
+Joseph +J. Green
+Northern +Arizona University
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+ Across the United States are +their many little known tourist locations. One such location is +Saugatuck, a small city located in Allegan county in south-west +Michigan. The purpose of this study is to highlight one the United +State’s small time tourist locations, and explore some reasons +someone may or may not want to visit the city. This study will cover +several questions:
+What + public transportation is available?
+ +How + well is private transportation supported?
+ +What + type of high end and low end lodging is there?
+ +What + are a few of the main attractions?
+ +How + safe is the city?
+ +What + is the climate?
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Transportation
++ The +city of Saugatuck is divided by the Kalamazoo river. The downtown +area is situated on the east side of the river, with some housing, a +few tourist attractions, and access to Lake Michigan on the west +side. Situated on this river is a hand-cranked chain and pulley +driven ferry that grants quick access across the river, mainly to +access Oval beach on Lake Michigan, for a small fee (Michigan, n.d.).
++ The +city also offers a bus service called the Interurban. The Interurban +is an on-demand pickup and drop off service that operates in +Saugatuck township, which covers the cities of Saugatuck and +Douglass, that offers pick ups and drop offs at any location in the +service area. This service permits reservations, and claims to be +able to arrange a pickup within as little as 15 minutes after the +call. The service fee is a mere $1.00 for healthy people 12 and +older, and $0.50 for seniors 62 and over, children under 12, or +persons with disabilities (Saugatuckinterurban.org, n.d.). The +Interurban effectively operates like a cheap taxi service.
++ For +private vehicles the parking situation can be a bit odd in the winter +months. The city enforces something they call “odd/even parking.” +For a few hours every morning 0300-0600, on even numbered days, all +vehicles must be parked on the side of the street with even numbered +buildings, and on odd days, the odd numbered building sides. However, +this only applies from November first until April first, and not +during the summer when many people may prefer to visit +(Saugatuckcity.com, n.d.). +
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Lodging + +
+Low +cost lodging is available in the area. Such as the AmericaInn Lodge & +Suites located on Blue Star Highway in Douglas close to downtown +Saugatuck and the beach. The Inn claims it starts at $81 dollars a +night and includes a “home style” breakfast. It appears to be +fairly standard lodging one might find for under $100 near small time +tourist locations (AmericInn, n.d.). On the other end of the +spectrum is The Hotel Saugatuck. Rooms start at around $280 a night. +The hotel’s building was originally built in 1865, and has been the +location of many different business over the centuries, evolving +along with the rest of the town of Saugatuck. Currently, however, it +lives its life as a bed and breakfast. The hotel has a Chef on duty +and breakfast is served every morning at a time of the guest’s +choosing. The hotel is located just south of the city with a short +distance to downtown and, thanks to the ferry, to the beach (The +Hotel Saugatuck, n.d.).
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Attractions
++ Despite +its small size, Saugatuck has a plathora of activities to participate +in. Saugatuck is known for being a top art center, which “traces +its creative roots back 100 years to the day when The Art Institute +of Chicago established its Ox-Bow School here” (SUAGAKTUCK.COM). +Dozens of artists from a variety of disciplines, including painters +and sculptors, continue to keep the art community alive.
++ Dune +rides are another favored activity in the area. Guests ride along in +a dune buggy as they race up and down the dunes (Tripadvisor.com, +n.d.). As mentioned earlier, Oval beach is nearby which allows +people to enjoy Lake Michigan (Tripadvisor.com, n.d.). There is also +Mount Baldhead Park. This place is famous for having a huge staircase +that climbs up a fairly steep hill with over 200 steps, and once at +the top, one can get a view of Lake Michigan along with a sandy hill +one can travel down and get to the lake (Tripadvisor.com, n.d.). +There is, of course, the kalamazoo river and the ferry used to cross +it that one can explore that was mentioned earlier. Saugatuck is also +home to quite a few museums, restaurants, specialty stores, a golf +course, a center of the arts, landmarks, and many other activities +(Tripadvisor.com, n.d.).
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Safety
+While +crimes aren’t completely unknown in Saugatuck, the rates are much +lower than other places in the country (Home Security, n.d.). +Considering that the population of the town is under 1000 people, +along with huge influxes of tourism in the warmer months, it would +seem that most information on crime in Saugatuck would be unreliable +at best. Being that the population of people who live there is small, +and that it’s a rather wealthy town, crime among the natives would +appear to be low, but with tourists who come from all over and aren’t +always the same people every year, or at the same time, it’s hard +to gage useful crime statistics.
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Climate
+Saugatuck +has fairly average weather for the midwest. The yearly lows are +around -13F in January with February being the only other month to +dip below 0 degrees on average. The highs can top 90 degrees during +May through September with the highs staying above freezing year +round. Average temperatures, however, find that December through +February are the only months that remain at the freezing point or +below, and most days averaging around 70 degrees or less +(Areavibes.com, n.d.).
+The +city also has a much better than average air quality index. The +national air quality index is set at 50, with Michigan’s sitting at +a poor 69. A higher number means higher pollution with this index, +and Saugatuck sits in at 29, nearly half that of the national +average, and much more than half the state average. The city has 319 +days a year where the air quality is considered good, 46 that it is +considered moderate, and 0 days that the quality is considered poor +for sensitive people or unhealthy for the general public +(Areavibes.com, n.d.). It’s safe to conclude that Saugatuck is a +pretty good place to breath, regarding pollution.
+Precipitation +wise, Saugatuck gets plenty of it with it’s average of 2.2 inches +of precipitation a month. However, it seems to get most of it’s +precipitation in just a few days out of a given month. In June, +despite the average being 2.4 in a month, it has been recorded that a +single day can reach as high as 5 inches (Areavibes.com, n.d.). As +for snow, Saugatuck generally gets about 78 inches per winter +(Bestplaces.net, n.d.).
+Saugatuck’s +minimum wind speed stays under 5MPH all year long, but doesn’t seem +to hit 0 MPH except in September. Average wind speeds stay at or +above 5MPH, yet stay below 10MPH. The highs, however, can be as high +as around 25MPH in March and November, with the highs typically being +20MPH or lower (Areavibes.com, n.d.).
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Natural +Diasters
+Tornados +rarely come near the city, but they do occur. 1956 witnessed the +largest tornado in the Saugatuck area which was a category F5 which +resulted in 17 deaths and 292 injuries. Average yearly tornados is 1, +but from 1950-2014, only 49 tornados have struck the area, and rarely +does anyone get injured (Homefacts.com, n.d.).
+Since +1935 there have been 0 earthquakes in Saugatuck (Homefacts.com, +n.d.). Though six have been recorded since 1930, the end of a +hurricane has been known to find its way into Michigan. In 2008 +hurricane Gustav found it’s way up through the golf of Mexico, +eventually passing through Saugatuck, and ending at Lake Huron +(Homefacts.com, n.d.). Overall, Saugatuck seems safe from many +natural disasters.
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Conclusion
+Saugatuck +Michigan is a nice little town in South West Michigan worth taking a +look at for vacation for a variety of types of people. There are many +attractions from historical landmarks to fine dining, from hiking +through the woods to riding the dunes, from shopping gift and +specialty shops, to viewing the local art scene. Public +transportation is exceptionally cheap, on-demand, and full service. +Lodging is available from the low end $80 a night type of affair, to +a bed and breakfast in a historical building. The town appears to be +safe and secure for tourists of all kinds to appreciate what the city +has to offer. The pollution is low making it a safe place to visit +for people with air sensitivity issues, and even for healthy people, +it may be nice to get out and breathe air rated at nearly half the +pollution levels of the nation at large. Natural disasters rarely +strike, and when they do it results in minimum damage. The only thing +one could find complaint with are the rather low average temperatures +and perhaps the rain and snow, but the snow is easily evaded (or +enjoyed) by carefully planning a trip, and rain is what it is. +Saugatuck, Michigan is a nice, safe, healthy place to go to get away +from home.
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Climate:
+http://www.areavibes.com/saugatuck-mi/weather/
+Natural +diasters:https://www.homefacts.com/tornadoes/Michigan/Allegan-County/Saugatuck.html
+earthquake: +https://www.homefacts.com/earthquakes/Michigan/Allegan-County/Saugatuck.html
+Pollution
+hurricane: +https://www.homefacts.com/hurricanes/Michigan/Allegan-County/Saugatuck.html
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Transportation:
+Ferry: +https://www.michigan.org/property/saugatuck-chain-ferry
+Interruban: +http://saugatuckinterurban.org
+Even +Odd: +http://www.saugatuckcity.com/images/adobe-files/maps/winter-odd-even-parking-map.pdf
+Parking: +myself
+Road +Conditions
+Bike +friendly (mehbe not do this one, unless needed)
+Lodging:
+High +end https://www.thehotelsaugatuck.com
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Entertainment:
+TRIPADVISER +https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g42683-Activities-Saugatuck_Allegan_County_Michigan.html
+ +oval +beach: +https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g42683-d142430-Reviews-Oval_Beach-Saugatuck_Allegan_County_Michigan.html
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Main +Attraction
+Mount +baldie: +https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g42683-d4551983-Reviews-Mount_Baldhead_Park-Saugatuck_Allegan_County_Michigan.html
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+Art +https://www.saugatuck.com
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+Public +Safety
+https://www.protection1.com/local/michigan/home-security-mi-saugatuck
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