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Auburn Hills
  • Riverside Park Phone (248) 370-9353 Auburn & Squirrel Road.
  • River Woods Park Phone (248) 370-9353 300 River Woods Drive
  • Clinton River Trail Phone 248652 1434. www.clintonrivertrail.org  Adams & Opdyke Road Recreational trail. Biking, walking, jogging, skiing.
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center Phone (248) 370-9353, 3799 Bald Mountain Road

Rochester

  • Rochester Municipal Park  www.rhpl.org/R/  Sixth Street near City Hall
  • Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve Phone 248 656-0999 333 North Hill Circle.
    It incorporates a nature center facility and nature trails on 18 acres of Paint Creek floodplain and meadowland
  • Paint Creek Trail/Clinton River Trail  Phone 248652 1434. www.clintonrivertrail.org  Recreational trail. Biking, walking, jogging, skiing

Rochester Hills

  • Meadow Brook Hall  Phone (248) 370-3140 www.meadowbrookhall.org  Adams Road, at Oakland University Campus.
  • Bloomer Park  Phone (248) 656-4753, 375 John R Road. Picnicking, grills, mountain biking, hiking, nature paths, playgrounds

Bloomfield Hills

  • Cranbrook House and Gardens  Phone 1 877 GO CRANB www.cranbrook.edu 
    380 Lone Pine Road. Gardens, Art, Science.

Lake Orion

  • Bald Mountain Recreation Area  Phone: (248) 693-6767
    1330 E. Greenshie1d Road. Ten miles of hiking trails, featuring a five-mile Achievement Trail
  • Orion Oaks County Park  Phone (248)858-0906, 2301 W. Clarkston Road. "Bark Park" offers seven fenced acres with water, wide-open spaces, woods and fields. Located next to Canterbury Village

Clarkston

  • Independence Oaks County Park  Phone: (888)627-2757,  9501 Sashabaw Road.
    Nearly 10 miles of marked nature and ski trails, swimming. Nature interpretive center with nearby herb garden and water garden.

Leonard

  • Addison Oaks County Park  Phone (888)627-2757 1480 West Romeo Road. Scenic 794-acre park with two lakes and spring-fed ponds.

Shelby

  • Stony Creek Metropark  Phone (800)477-7756 www.metroparks.com  4300 Main Park Road. Scenic 4,461 acre park with hilly terrain Creek Lake. Nature Center, picnicking, swimming,

Milford

  • Kensington Metropark  Phone (800) 477 3178 www.metroparks.com  2240 W. Buno Road.
    Wooded hilly terrain surrounds beautiful Kent Lake.

Royal Oak

  • Detroit Zoo  Phone (248)398.0900 www.detroitzoo.com  Woodward & 10 Mile. Zoological garden --highlights: World's largest polar bear exhibit, National Amphibian Conservation Center
 

Last updated October 13, 2006