Accommodations

Grand Haven Waterfront Holiday Inn

Attractions & Entertainment

Blandford Nature Center

Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park

Gerald R. Ford Musuem

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Grand Rapids Children's Museum

John Ball Zoological Garden

Public Museum of Grand Rapids - Van Andel Museum Center

Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium

Voigt House Victorian Museum

 

Craig's Cruisers

5730 Clyde Park Avenue SW 
(616) 530-2900
Ride the go-karts, bumper boats and kiddie rides. Play on two miniature golf courses and enjoy the large arcade. Drive indoor electric go-karts! Great for birthdays and groups. Restaurant on site.

Businesses

Common Gentry Carriage

Wal-Mart

Golf Courses

English Hills Golf Course

Gracewil Country Club

Grand Rapids Golf Club

The Golf Club at Thornapple Pointe

Saskatoon Golf Club, Alto

Scott Lake Country Club, Comstock Park

Thousand Oaks Golf Club

Tyler Creek Recreation Area, Alto

Skiing & Snowboarding

Wahlfield Park Trail

1 trail totaling 4.9 kilometers are marked but not groomed for intermediate cross country skiers. Maps available upon request.

Local History

Here trader McKenzie located in 1820 and McCoy's unsuccessful Baptist Indian Mission in 1823.  Trader Louis Campau opened a post office here in 1826 and in 1831, he bought the city's present business district for $90.

Leonard Slater became the first postmaster of Grand Rapids on December 22, 1832.  Lucius Lyon bought some of Campau's land in 1835 and on September 1, 1836, got the post office renamed Kent, after a New York State chancellor.

The village was named Grand Rapids (from its location on the Grand River, near the rapids), but its post office remained Kent until February 6, 1844, when Campau got it changed back to Grand Rapids.  Incorporated as a village in 1838 and as a city in 1850.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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