Explore: Parks, Trails, Downtowns, and Other Destinations in Oakland County (and Beyond)

Oakland County Times has a growing list of parks, trails, family-friendly destinations and more in our area and beyond. If you have any to suggest, please message us at editor@oc115.com. Also, please check with the website of the destination before you head out to check for the latest hours, costs, amenities etc.

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Addison Township
Polly Ann Trail

Auburn Hills

Clinton River Trail

Downtown Auburn Hills

Hawk Woods Park and Campground (new playground)

Beverly Hills
Douglas Evans Nature Preserve
Bloomfield Hills
Cranbrook Art Museum
E.L. Johnson Nature Center

Birmingham

Downtown Birmingham

Clarkston
Depot Park
Garden of Healing and Renewal
Commerce Township
Robert H. Long Nature Park
Farmington Hills

Downtown Farmington
Heritage Park
Holocaust Memorial Center

Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Ferndale

Downtown Ferndale
Go Comedy
Hazel Park
Green Acres Park
Hazel Park Museum
Stroll through Hazel Park

Highland

Huron Valley Council for the Arts

Holly
Detroit Model Railroad Club
Hadley House/Historic Museum
Holly Antiques
Holly Historic Train Depot (NOTE: No Trespassing, only admire from afar!)
Holly Hotel (restaurant – temporarily closed due to fire)
Michigan Renaissance Festival
Sorensen Park
Train Mural


Lyon Township
Downtown South Lyon
Lyon Township Library
Madison Heights
Red Oaks Nature Center
Novi

Villa Barr Art Park

Lakeshore Park

Oakland Township

Bald Mountain Recreation Area’s Hart Lake Loop

Fox Nature Preserve

Oak Park
Victoria Park and Charlotte M. Rothstein Park
Orion Township/Lake Orion

Camp Agawam

Civic Center Park Fitness Park

Orion Oaks County Park
Polly Ann Trail
Van Tassel Pedestrian Bridge and Paint Creek Trail

Ortonville
Your Best Friend Pet Memorial Park
Oxford
Polly Ann Trail
Pleasant Ridge
Community Center
Gainsboro Park

Pontiac

Mt Hope Catholic Cemetery
Pine Grove Museum
Rochester

Meadowbrook Hall’s Holiday Walk
Stroll Through Downtown Rochester
Rochester Hills
Innovation Hills

Van Hoosen Farm
Yates Cider Mill


Rose Township
Rose Oaks County Park
Royal Oak
Civil War Reenactment at Orson Starr House
Detroit Zoo (part 1) (part 2) (Wild Lights)

Southfield
American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve
Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve

South Lyon

Downtown South Lyon
Troy
Troy Historic Museum
Waterford
Dodge Park 4
West Bloomfield
West Bloomfield Woods Nature Preserve

Wixom

Ataturk Park

BEYOND OAKLAND COUNTY

Ann Arbor

Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Brownstown
Lake Erie Metropark
Cross Village
Legs’s Inn on Lake Michigan

Detroit

Detroit People Mover

Grand Rapids
Gerald R. Ford Museum
Ludington
Ludington in Wintertime

Mackinaw City
Blue Ice Melting, Bridge Work, and Tourist Prep
Historic Photo Show Mackinac Bridge Being Built


Midland
Dow Gardens and Whiting Forest

Mt. Clemens

Anatomy of Death Museum

Muskegon
Explore: Beautiful Historic Library with Glass Floor in Muskegon

Naubinway

GarLyn Zoo

Newberry
Oswald’s Bear Ranch
Port Huron
Blue Water River Walk

St. Ignace

Deer Ranch

Temperance

Michigan’s First Goodwill Bookstore

Vittoria, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Raptor Conservancy

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