SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC) – Saugatuck has once again earned national notoriety for being a great place to go on vacation.
Yesterday, The Saugatuck-Douglas Convention & Visitor’s Bureau announced that they have won first place for a second year in USA TODAY’s National Readers Choice Awards for “Best Small Town Weekend Escape In the USA.” The last year that Saugatuck had won this particular award was in 2014.
Other coastal towns that were on this year’s list compiled by USA TODAY and 10best.com were Granbury, TX; Sedona, AZ; Lauderdale-by-the Sea, FL; and Estes Park, CO.
According to USA TODAY’s website, their criteria for picking a town that represents the award involves choosing “towns with populations of under 25,000 that are all within 150 miles of major metros, making them easily reachable whether you fly and rent a car or live nearby.”
Saugatuck also placed 5th in the nation as “Best Coastal Small Town in the Nation” in a separate USA TODAY contest this year.
