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Seymour Lake Township ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 2795 Seymour Lake Rd, Oxford, MI Seymour Lake Township Park has a great playground area called "Kids Kingdom" with picnic tables & restrooms, disk golf, volleyball, soccer and baseball fields, lighted tennis courts, and the "R...
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Spring Valley Trout FarmParent rating: ![]() Location: 12190 Island Lake Road, Dexter, MI Catch your own fish from Spring Valley's spring-fed, pollution-free ponds (there are nine of them!) that are stocked weekly with fish grown right on the farm. There is a children's trout pond r...
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Delray Neighborhood HouseParent rating: ![]() Location: 410 Leigh Street, Detroit, MI The Delray Neighborhood House offers afterschool recreation programs such as basketball and volleyball, weight training, and free play in its play yard. There is a game room with foosba...
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Elizabeth ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: Elizabeth Park Drive, Trenton, MI Elizabeth Park began as a 162-acre family estate that was bequeathed to the Wayne County Park Trustees in 1919, becoming the first county park in the state of Michigan. The park sits alo...
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Independence Oaks County ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 9501 Sashabaw Road, Clarkston, MI At Independence Oaks, families can enjoy picnicking, hiking, fishing, camping, swimming, geocaching, and nature study. The park has nearly 10 miles of marked nature, bike/blade, and sk... |
Warren City SquareParent rating: ![]() Location: 1 City Square, Warren, MI City Square, in front of the city's administration building, is home to the City Square Fountains (open seasonally from 10am-11pm). The fountains are a great place for kids to cool off d...
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Kulick Community CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 1201 Livernois, Ferndale, MI Ferndale's Kulick Community Center offers a wide variety of family and kids programs, including summer camps for preschoolers through age 12, and leagues in soccer, baseball, basketball, curlin...
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Rolling Hills County ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 7660 Stony Creek Road, Ypsilanti, MI The 363-acre park offers nearly two miles of paved trails, three miles of nature trails, an 18-hole disc golf course, picnic tables, and grills located throughout the park. From Memori... |
Chandler Park Family Aquatic CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 12600 Chandler Park Drive, Detroit, MI The Family Aquatic Center in eastside Detroit's Chandler Park features two water slides and a water play area for smaller children. There are concesssions and a gift shop. ...
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Nichols ArboretumParent rating: ![]() Location: James D. Reader, Jr. Urban Environmental Education, 1610 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI The Nichols Arboretum of the University of Michigan is home to hundreds of species of plants native to Michigan, among others. But while your budding ecologist might like to learn some... |
Heritage Park - Farmington HillsParent rating: ![]() Location: Farmington Road between Ten and Eleven Mile Roads, Farmington Hills, MI Included within this 211-acre park are more than four miles of trails for hiking and cross-country skiing, a large picnic area, playground, sand volleyball courts, and an in-line hockey rink. <...
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Nature Center at Friendship WoodsParent rating: ![]() Location: 30300 Hales, Madison Heights, MI A surprising find in the middle of suburbia is the Nature Center at Friendship Woods, which is nestled among nearly 40 acres of the George W. Suarez Friendship Woods. Trails are open... |
Thayer Corners Nature AreaParent rating: ![]() Location: 8250 Napier Road, Northville, MI The park property in Northville Township offers picnic tables, trails - including a critter trail for preschoolers, and a pond. |
Lower Huron MetroparkParent rating: ![]() Location: 17845 Savage Road, Belleville, MI Lower Huron Metropark, located along the Huron River, is a great getaway for residents of the southern regions of metro Detroit. The park features a par-3 golf course (great for teachin...
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