Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo is an industrial and commercial center in a fertile farm area, where celery, peppermint and fruit are produced. The city is home to a significant paper industry, as well as industries that manufacture hydraulic equipment, meat products, furniture, motor vehicle parts and pharmaceuticals. Kalamazoo is the seat of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College and Nazareth College. The city has a natural history museum, an art institute, a planetarium, an aviation museum and a symphony orchestra.

Accommodation and restaurants are available in Kalamazoo. The city is in the southwest of Michigan, on the Kalamazoo River at its confluence with Portage Creek. It is 100 km southwest from Lansing and 820 km northwest from Washington D.C.