Kalamazoo Seasons

Mid-summer is peak time for prairie flowers and Cup Plant ( Silphium perfoliatum ) is one of the most impressive. Clusters of large yellow ...

Where to Weekend around Chicago Fodor's editor: William Travis 2004 This guide features weekend destinations from Galena, Illinois to Do...

Markin Glen County Park was donated to the public by the Markin family, founders of Kalamazoo's taxi manufacturer Checker Motors . The...

Killdeer ( Charadrius vociferus ) look like sandpipers who lost their way to the beach. These members of the plover family are commonly fou...

Scotts Mill County Park features an old mill and waterwheel. It's more of a historic attraction than a recreation park but it does hav...

Coldbrook County Park offers one the few public campgrounds near Kalamazoo. It has separate loops for rustic and modern camping. The park ...

While the woodland wildflowers of Spring tend to attract more attention, the summer prairie wildflowers are much showier. Butterfly Milkwee...