Windmill Island
7th Street at Lincoln Avenue, by the Macatawa River. Features an antique carousel, an Amsterdam street organ, acres of gardens with, of course, tulips and the 240-year-old working De Zwaan windmill, the last to be dismantled and moved out of the Netherlands.Veldheer Tulip Gardens
12755 Quincy Avenue, (http://www.veldheer.com/). Adjacent to the DeKlomp Factory. Open from April to mid-October. Along with over four million tulips, the gardens also feature daffodils, hyacinths and other spring flowers. Bulbs and perennials are offered for sale. Admission to the gardens is $6.The DeGraaf Nature Center, 600 Graafschap Road, (http://www.cityofholland....). An 18-acre botanical preserve with an interpretive center and lots of trails to explore.
Lake Michigan
with its popular white sand beaches and tall dunes, is a short drive to the west. Holland State Park is on the north shore of Lake Macatawa and can be reached by Douglas Avenue / Ottawa Beach Road. Big Red Lighthouse, however, is on the South shore of Lake Macatawa, and although it can be easily viewed from the state park, can not be reached directly.