Best Hikes Detroit and Ann Arbor: The Greatest Views, Wildlife, and Forest Strolls

Best Hikes Detroit and Ann Arbor: The Greatest Views, Wildlife, and Forest Strolls

by Matt Forster
Best Hikes Detroit and Ann Arbor: The Greatest Views, Wildlife, and Forest Strolls

Best Hikes Detroit and Ann Arbor: The Greatest Views, Wildlife, and Forest Strolls

by Matt Forster

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Overview

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Detroit and Ann Arbor veteran hiker Matt Forster offers the absolute best hikes in the greater Detroit area. Each featured trail is perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find outdoor activities close to home. Every chapter includes up-to-date hike specs, a brief hike description, directional cues, and a detailed map.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493038411
Publisher: Falcon Guides
Publication date: 02/01/2019
Series: Best Hikes Near Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 248
File size: 85 MB
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About the Author

A native of Michigan, Matt Forster has traveled all over the Midwest, New England, and the Rocky Mountains writing and exploring. He is also the author of Colorado: An Explorer's Guide and Backroads & Byways of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Map Legend viii

Introduction 1

How to Use This Guide 7

Trail Finder 9

The Hikes

Detroit

1 Lake Eric Metropark 14

2 Pointe Mouillee State Game Area 19

3 Sterling State Park 24

4 Oakwoods Metropark 30

5 Crosswinds Marsh Wetlands Interpretive Preserve 35

6 William P. Holliday Forest & Wildlife Preserve 40

7 Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve 45

Ann Arbor

8 Maybury State Park 52

9 Matthaei Botanical Gardens 57

10 Furstenberg Nature Area and Gallup Park 62

11 Nichols Arboretum 67

12 Bird Hills Nature Area 72

13 Brauer Preserve 77

14 Scio Woods Preserve 81

15 Waterloo State Recreation Area 86

16 Pinckney State Recreation Area 91

17 Hudson Mills Metropark 97

18 Brighton State Recreation Area 102

19 Huron Meadows Metropark 107

20 Island Lake State Recreation Area 111

21 Kensington Metropark 116

22 Lyon Oaks County Park 121

Metro Detroit and Points North

23 Proud Lake State Recreation Area 127

24 Highland Stare Recreation Area 133

25 Seven Lakes State Park 138

26 Danner Martin Sanctuary 143

27 Holly State Recreation Area 148

28 Indian Springs Metropark 153

29 Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area 159

30 West Bloomfield Woods Nature Preserve 164

31 Orchard Lake Nature Sanctuary 169

32 Lloyd A Stage Nature Center 174

33 Stony Creek Metropark 179

34 Wolcott Mill Metropark 184

35 Cranberry Lake Park 188

36 Addison Oaks County Park 193

37 Bald Mountain State Recreation Area 198

38 Independence Oaks County Park 203

39 Ortonville State Recreation Area 208

40 Metamora-Hadley State Recreation Area 213

41 Seven Ponds Nature Center 217

The Art of Hiking 222

Further Reading 237

Clubs and Trail Groups 238

Hike Index 239

About the Author 240

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