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Lake Erie Metropark

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Coordinates: 42°04′14.22″N 83°12′38.92″W / 42.0706167°N 83.2108111°W / 42.0706167; -83.2108111
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Lake Erie Metropark
Cove Point picnic area
Lake Erie Metropark is located in Huron-Clinton Metroparks
Lake Erie Metropark
Location within metro Detroit
TypeRegional park
LocationLower Peninsula, Wayne County, Michigan USA
Coordinates42°04′14.22″N 83°12′38.92″W / 42.0706167°N 83.2108111°W / 42.0706167; -83.2108111
Area1,607 acres (650 ha)
Operated byHuron–Clinton Metroparks
StatusOpen year round
WebsiteOfficial site

Lake Erie Metropark is a park in the Huron-Clinton system of metro parks. The park is a 1,607-acre (6.50 km2) recreational facility located between the mouth of the Huron River on Lake Erie to the south and the City of Gibraltar to the north, and consists of natural marshes and ponds, hike and bike trails, nature trails, a marina, and a boat launch. The park also has a wave action swimming pool, an 18-hole regulation golf course, and the Marshlands Museum and Nature Center. It has a three-mile (5 km) shoreline along Lake Erie and is a popu bird-watching site. The children's play area, located near the Wave Pool, previously consisted of a child-size city before being reconstructed into a modernized playground.[1] [2]

Bike and Nature Trails

Hike/Bike Trails

As part of the Downriver Linked Greenways trail system, a 3-mile segment of the trail runs through the park, with one branch of the trail terminating at Lee Road on the south end of the park, with the trail leaving the park at South Gibraltar Road on the north end. From here, one branch of the trail continues north through Gibraltar and Trenton, while a separate one continues to the north and west through Rockwood and Flat Rock, as well as Oakwoods, Willow, and Lower Huron Metroparks. Within the park, a 3/4-mile trail extends north from the wave pool towards the Marshlands Museum and Nature Center.

Nature Trails

The park also contains approximately 2.75 miles of nature trails in the northeast portion along Lake Erie. One pathway runs in a loop primarily through forests and alongside marsh and canals, while a second path begins down a boardwalk through marshes, transitioning into scattered wooded areas along the Lake Erie coast.

References

  1. ^ "Lake Erie Metropark". Dnr.state.mi.us. Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  2. ^ "Lake Erie Metropark - Pure Michigan Travel". Michigan.org. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2012-12-06.


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