Sports & Outdoor Activities
South Haven, Michigan offers a wide variety of outdoor experiences and sports for families and individuals looking to unwind and reconnect with nature. Our marinas, golf courses, and trails are the perfect setting for your next memory (and some beautiful photography!)
HawksHead Links
| Awarded Golf Digest’s 4.5 Star Rating “Places to Play.” HawksHead Links Golf Course, designed by world renowned golf architect Arthur Hill, is truly a masterpiece unique to Western Michigan. Variety is what makes this golf course memorable and an extraordinarily beautiful links style layout. The pub’s old time atmosphere and varied menu satisfy all comers. | |
| Location: | 523 Hawks Nest Dr, South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | (269) 639-2121 |
Beeches Golf Club
| Beeches Golf Club of South Haven is an 18-hole championship golf course designed by award-winning Michigan architect W. Bruce Matthews III. | |
| Location: | 09601 68th St, South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | (269) 637-2600 |
Ravines
| Arnold Palmer, the King, envisioned and built an extraordinary golf course right here in West Michigan. An exception to the ordinary, Ravines Golf Club, in Saugatuck, offers exceptional playing conditions at an extraordinary value. Once you arrive, you will feel the difference of uncommon characteristics: visually stunning and serene surroundings and highly professional service and friendliness. | |
| Location: | 3520 Palmer Dr, Saugatuck, MI 49453 |
| Phone: | (269) 857-1616 |
The Links At Rolling Meadows
| The 9-hole "Rolling Meadows" course at the The Links At Rolling Meadows facility in Holland, Michigan features 1,200 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 27 . Designed by W. Bruce Matthews, III, ASGCA, the Rolling Meadows golf course opened in 2001. There is a small clubhouse on site with soft drinks and golf accessories for sale. | |
| Location: | Holland, Michigan |
| Phone: | (616) 395-5926 |
Timber Ridge
| Location: | 07500 23 1/2 St. Gobles, Michigan 49055 |
| Phone: | 269-694-9449 |
| Toll Free: | 1-800-253-2928 |
Bittersweet Ski Resort
| Downhill Skiing, Snowboarding and Tubing- 20 runs of varying grades & a snowboarding terrain park, plus lessons & American eats. | |
| Location: | 600 River Rd. Otsego, MI 49078 |
| Phone: | 269-694-2820 |
Swiss Valley Ski
| Ski & snowboard area with 3 runs, 2 terrain parks, 7 lifts, a school & a chalet with store & lounge. | |
| Location: | 13421 Mann St. Jones, Michigan 49061 |
| Phone: | 269-244-8016 |
| Toll Free: | 269-244-5635 |
Blue Water Boat Rentals
| Blue Water Boat Rentals offers tourists and locals in South Haven, Michigan the opportunity to rent a boat by the hour, day, or week. Enhance your Southwest Michigan experience cruising the river or hanging out on Lake Michigan. The watercrafts are located at our Resort`s own Woodland Harbor Marina, ready to be taken out to the Lake. Same day reservations accepted, booking in advance is advised. Guests of Bluewater Vacation Rentals receive exclusive discounts while staying in a cottage! | |
| Location: | 525 Kentucky Avenue South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | 269-872-3249 |
Woodland Harbor Marina
| Woodland Harbor Marina is a 110 slip family friendly South Haven Marina on the Black River, just a few minutes from Lake Michigan. Guests of Bluewater Vacation Rentals receive access to the marina`s seasonal community pool and clubhouse. The marina also offers boat slip rentals, & speedboats, pontoon boats, and other watercraft through Black River Boat Rentals at a discount to guests of Bluewater cottages. | |
| Phone: | 866-562-3630 |
Hole in the Wall Paintball
| A family friendly environment whose main goal is to give everyone a paintball experience that they will never forget. Many different playing fields to choose from; from woodsball to airball. Accommodates groups such as bachelor parties, birthday parties, church groups, and even military groups. Private sessions are also available. The store has guns and gear or full rental equipment including a paintball marker and CO2 tank. Everything you`ll need to play paintball, right in one place. | |
| Location: | 24262 66th St. Bangor, MI 49013 |
| Phone: | 269-353-2978 |
KJC ATV Rentals
| ATV dealer, rentals, and trails in Van Buren County, Michigan. | |
| Location: | 24835 68th St. South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | 269-427-8635 |
| Toll Free: | 313-515-9910 |
GoJoe Rentals
| Our Deluxe model LSVs (Low Speed Vehicles) are not your ordinary Golf Cart. Fully LSV compliant, our LSVs are street legal & look great. Book online today. We offer 4, 6 and 8 passenger models. Standard golf carts are also available from our South Haven location and both offer convenient pickup locations or can be delivered. | |
| Location: | 205 Broadway South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Toll Free: | 1-833-GOTFUN1 |
Sarett Nature Center
| Nature preserve in Berrien County, Michigan. Sarett Nature Center is dedicated to providing quality environmental education with live animal displays, a butterfly house during the warm months, a nature play area for kids, cross-country ski rentals, snowshoe rentals, informational displays, naturalist-led natural history trips around the world, and interactive naturalist programs for the whole family throughout the year! | |
| Location: | 2300 Benton Center Rd. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 |
| Phone: | 269-927-4832 |
Gingerman Raceway
| GingerMan Raceway is a road course located east of the town of South Haven in Southwest Michigan. Built in 1995, the track opened for its first full season of racing sports cars and motorcycles in 1996. The Gridlife festival has been held at the venue since 2014. | |
| Location: | 61414 Phoenix Rd South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | 269-253-4445 |
South Haven Ice Rink
| This is a seasonal activity available November-March. The South Haven Ice Rink offers family fun within a walking distance to all the stores and restaurants of downtown. Enjoy the beauty of a winter night while skating under the seasonal lighting of the covered pavilion. Curling lessons and tournaments are also available at the rink. | |
| Location: | 546 Phoenix Rd. South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | 269-639-1113 |
Parks/Beaches
| South Haven is fortunate to have seven public beaches or access sites. The North and South Beaches are the largest and most frequently used. Both have concession stands, restrooms, play equipment, and parking areas. South Beach has the big red lighthouse. North Beach is set up for volleyball games. Packard Park offers restrooms, grills and picnic tables. The other beach access sites do not offer any amenities other than sun, sand, and Lake Michigan. | |
| Location: | South Haven Visitors Bureau, 546 Phoenix Rd, South Haven Charter Township, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | 269-637-5252 |
| Toll Free: | 1-800-764-2836 |
Lakeside Entertainment
| Straightforward bowling alley & American restaurant with pizza, seasonal mini-golf & cocktails. | |
| Location: | 09921 Blue Star Memorial Hwy South Haven, MI 49090 |
| Phone: | 269-637-6500 |
Lake Michigan Hills Golf Club
| Lake Michigan Hills is located in the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph area. The course architect, Charles Maddox, Sr., treats the golfer with many elevation changes, generous tree-lined fairways, multiple tee options, and large undulated greens. A clubhouse and banquet facility is located high on top of a bluff overlooking the golf course, creating a beautiful and perfect setting for wedding receptions or other private parties. | |
| Location: | 2520 Kerlikowske Rd, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 |
| Phone: | (269) 849-2722 |