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City in Michigan, United States
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Portage is in Kalamazoo County in West Central Michigan. The population was 46,292 in the 2010 census. It is adjacent to Kalamazoo. Portage has miles of paths connecting its numerous parks.
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An Aerospace museum with a large collection of rare historical planes.
Celery Flats
Explore the history of Portage, Michigan. In this location a historical garden, small museum, house, Hayloft Theatre, barn, and church are available to tour. Free to walk around, check the City website for tour hours.
A puzzle based escape room.
Go ice skating Between December and March, but check the website for changes.
Bowling, laser tag, go-carts, high ropes, arcade and more for all ages.
Kitty Hawk Cafe @ the Air Zoo
May to October at City Hall.
By car
Portage lies on Interstate 94 roughly mid-way between Chicago and Detroit and along US Highway 131 just south of Kalamazoo.
By train
By bus
The Kalamazoo downtown train station acts as the main regional bus station where you can change to the Kalamazoo Metro bus service to get to Portage.
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Kalamazoo · Regional · AZO
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