Pigeon Hill Brewing Company

The massive sand dune known as Pigeon Hill was located on Muskegon Lake, near the channel. According to legend, the hill was over 300 feet tall; from the top, you could see Lake Michigan and all of Muskegon. During the late 1800s, Pigeon Hill became a popular tourist attraction, bringing visitors from across the state. Originally known as the “Bluff at Port Sherman,” Pigeon Hill received its lasting name because of the thousands of passenger pigeons that congregated near its peak in the 1800s.

In the early 1920s, Pigeon Hill was sold to a company that began the process of removing the sand for industrial purposes.  By the 1960s, Pigeon Hill had been reduced to a collection of sandy bumps.  In 2014, our team set out to resurrect Pigeon Hill and honor the memory of a long lost landmark, while striving to become a new landmark for Muskegon.