Three Oaks

I-94 East to exit 4A (US 12 - Three Oaks) Three Oaks is located about 5 miles East down US 12.

The village of Three Oaks is located in the southwest corner of Michigan, just miles from the shores of Lake Michigan and the Indiana border.

Relax in a Vintage Movie Theater - as you watch highly regarded independent and foreign films in a "intimate art house".

Explore the Shops and Studio Galleries - during Art Walk on the streets of Three Oaks on the 3rd Saturday of each month.

Experience a Classic Performance - in the famed Acorn Theater located in the old Featherbone Factory.

VISITOR INFORMATION
The village of Three Oaks is located in the southwest corner of Michigan, just miles from the shores of Lake Michigan and the Indiana border. Activities include bowling, bed and breakfast inns, cottage rentals, canoeing, golf, hiking trails, horseback riding and more.

The town's Harbor Arts organization sponsors classic film art and Shakespeare in the summer and Art Attack's Performance Art Festival and the Festival of Lights in the winter. The Three Oaks Spokes Club sponsors the Bicycle History Museum in downtown Three Oaks.

A favorite spot to stop in is at the historic Drier's Meat Market. This old fashioned butcher shop opened prior to the outbreak of the Civil War and is recognized as a historic place. The Drier family still makes and smokes their own sausage, ham and bologna in the back room.

BRIEF HISTORY
The village was first settled by Henry Chamberlain in 1850. Mr. Chamberlain gave the small community its name in reference to three massive oak trees that stood near a town rail crossing. Three Oaks was linked to the rest of our current Harbor Country communities by the timber and bricks which were shipped to Chicago and other Great Lakes cities. And, of course, there was the railroad. The crews aboard The Central Michigan Railroad passing through the village also took note of the large oak trees.

Recently, Three Oaks' was the location of where the Christmas movie "Prancer" was filmed on location.

NEARBY LOCATIONS
4 mile(s) from Lakeside Gallery - Lakeside
5 mile(s) from Fritz Olsen Sculptures - Sawyer
8 mile(s) from Third Coast Surf Shop - New Buffalo
6 mile(s) from Red Arrow Highway - Union Pier
7 mile(s) from Four Winds Casino - New Buffalo