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Where Can We Go Today? Art, Theater, Music...... 1 Arts and Crafts...... 2 Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, Zoos...... 3 Cider Mills...... 3 Farmers’ Markets...... 4 Farms: Demonstrations, Petting, Working...... 5 Historic Village and Farms...... 6 Horseback Riding...... 6 Libraries...... 6 Movement and Motion...... 8 Museums and Tours...... 9 Nature Centers...... 11 Parent and Child Groups...... 13 Parks...... 14 Recreational Activities...... 18 Skating...... 20 Story Times...... 21 Tours...... 21 Trails and Pathways...... 22 Other Resources...... 22 Cool Places to Visit in Michigan...... 23
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This publication may be downloaded from the following websites: www.migreatparents.org click on Oakland County, click on Community Activities, click on Guide to Fun for Families www.oakland.k12.mi.us/earlychildhood Where Can We Go Today? Art, Theatre, Music Avon Players Cranbrook Art Museum...... 248.645.3323 1185 Washington, Rochester 9221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills www.avonplayers.org www.cranbrookart.edu The Youth Theater program at Avon Players is conducted This museum features temporary exhibits and a permanent immediately at the close of the regular season, which runs collection of contemporary art. from September through May. The Youth Theater program is designed as a learning experience for children who are FAR Conservatory...... 248.646.3347 between nine and 18 years of age. Children who are nine 1669 West Maple Rd., Birmingham years old must have completed the fourth grade in the year in www.farconservatory.org which they are looking to join Youth Theater. Opening doors for children and adults with special needs. FAR Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts is Birmingham Village Players...... 248.644.2075 a private, nonprofit organization that provides creative arts 34660 Woodward Ave., Birmingham therapy and recreation services for children and adults with www.birminghamvillageplayers.com mental, physical and/or emotional impairments. FAR also The youth theater of the Village Players provides a variety promotes public understanding of the abilities and potential of theatrical experiences to youth ages eight to eighteen. of persons who are mentally, emotionally or physically chal- Its mission is to offer theatrical programs that inspire and lenged. Private, semi-private and group sessions are avail- challenge young actors to develop their artistic talents able. All ages are welcome to enroll. and their self-confidence, self-awareness, compassion and leadership and teamwork skills. Youth in our program Farmington Players...... 248.553.2955 can be involved onstage as actors or behind the scenes as 32332 West Twelve Mile Rd., Farmington Hills members of the production team. The youth theater presents www.farmingtonplayers.org two musical productions and a Summer Theater Arts “The Barn” has become an icon in the Farmington/ Camp annually. Additionally, VYT offers various theatrical Farmington Hills community. What started as an intimate workshops throughout the year. theater experience in an original dairy barn is now an equally intimate theater experience in a modern, state-of-the-art, Bloomfield Players...... 248.433.0885 handicap-accessible “Barn.” We look forward to seeing you 3456 Lahser Rd., Bloomfield Township at an upcoming show. www.bloomfieldplayers.org The purpose of the Bloomfield Players is to showcase Farmington Hills Youth Players..... 248.473.1859 local talent, to nurture youth, to provide opportunities for 31555 West Eleven Mile Rd., Farmington Hills self-expression, to build self-esteem, to cultivate strong www.fhgov.com relationships, to pursue excellence, to delight our audiences The Farmington Hills Youth Theater offers theater through theater, and and to have fun! experiences for children and youth, with two full productions a year, as well as acting classes and camps. All activities Clarkston Conservatory are geared toward both absolute beginners as well as more of Music...... 248.625.3640 seasoned young actors. The productions are presented in 49 South Main St., Clarkston conjunction with Sky’s the Limit Productions. www.clarkstonconservatory.org The Clarkston Conservatory of Music is a nonprofit Jewish Ensemble Theatre educational institution dedicated to bringing the joys and (JET)...... 248.788.2900 benefits of music to the people of Oakland County and the 6600 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield Village of Clarkston. In Kindermusik class, you’ll witness www.jettheatre.org your child’s developmental evolution in language skills, JET produces on its main stage both award-winning plays literacy, problem-solving, social skills, self-esteem, and and plays making their world premiere or their pre- music. And it all happens within a nurturing environment Broadway debut. JET’s Youth Education Services – JET/ - full of energy, imagination, music, dancing, and playful YES - is an educational outreach initiative developed delight. for school-aged children that has reached over 500,000 youngsters. Clarkston Village Players...... 248.625.8811 4861 White Lake Rd., Clarkston www.clarkstonvillageplayers.org For nearly fifty years, CVP has been providing quality theater to the public of the Clarkston area.
Page 1 Meadow Brook Theatre...... 248.377.3300 Stagecrafters...... 248.541.6430 207 Wilson Hall, 415 South Lafayette Ave., Royal Oak Campus of Oakland University, Rochester www.stagecrafters.org www.mbtheatre.com Stagecrafters is committed to creating and nurturing Founded on Oakland University’s campus in 1967, Meadow opportunities for young people and their families through its Brook Theatre is Michigan’s largest non-profit producing Youth Theater (SYT). SYT performs live theatrical plays by professional theatre. Meadow Brook Theatre offers award- youth for youth with the goal of fostering teamwork, self- winning productions, incredible intimacy, excellent sight esteem and an enthusiasm for the arts. lines, superior acoustics and much more. 584-seat seasonal playhouse. Children age five and older welcome. Starlight Theater...... 248.886.8880 7370 Highland Rd., Waterford Music Together...... 800.728.2692 www.starlighttheater.net Locations in Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, The Starlight Theater is dedicated to serving the community Farmington, Novi, Rochester, West Bloomfield by presenting the finest theater and live stage productions in www.musictogether.com a comfortable, easily accessible space. The Starlight Theater Bringing harmony home. Music Together is an inter- and The Oakland Theater Arts Guild are determined to be a nationally-recognized early childhood music program for positive force in the community by presenting the finest in babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and the adults theatrical entertainment, by providing classes in acting and who love them. Music Together pioneered the concept of a theater arts, and by promoting the talents of local performers. research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood The theater offers acting classes and summer camps for music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates children ages three and up. adult involvement. Water Works Theatre Musicmakers Center...... 248.380.9898 Company, Inc...... 248.399.3727 Various locations, please call 320 W. 7th St., Suite 200, Royal Oak www.musicmakerscenter.com www.waterworkstheatre.com Music Together classes build on your child’s natural Visit the website for listing of summer performances. enthusiasm for music and movement. We’ll help you Performances are generally July - August. Starr Jaycee Park provide your child with the basic musical skills needed to is on 13 Mile Rd., between Main and Crooks in Royal Oak. enjoy school and social musical activities, and to study an Plan on a five-minute walk from the free parking areas in instrument should he or she choose to do so. Music Together Starr Jaycee Park. Free parking is also available at the Royal offers early childhood music education for infants, toddlers Oak Board of Education lot just off Marais. You may picnic and preschoolers AND fantastic family fun! before performances just outside the theater area. Feel free to bring kids, pillows, blankets, flashlights, bug spray and Ridgedale Players...... 248.988.7049 Tickets only “short-backed” lawn chairs. Please leave pets at home. Our 205 West Long Lake Rd., Troy weather policy is like a baseball game - we stop if it rains too www.ridgedaleplayers.com much. Ridgedale Players is one of the oldest community theaters in the state! 2011 marked our 80th season in the performing arts! This is a great learning experience no matter the age. Everyone involved has something to do on stage. These Arts and Crafts shows are shorter and have lots of songs, and provide a good The Art Experience, Inc...... 248.706.3304 opportunity to learn the performing arts at a young age. 175 S. Saginaw St., Suite 109, Pontiac www.theartexperience.org St. Dunstan’s Theatre Guild The Art Experience, Inc. is a therapeutically-based hands-on of Cranbrook...... 248.737.3587 studio that encourages creativity, individuality and fun. 400 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills www.stdunstanstheatre.com Creative Arts Studio St. Dunstan’s Theatre Guild of Cranbrook is an independent, of Royal Oak...... 248.544.2234 non-profit organization committed to producing quality 114 West Fourth St., Royal Oak theatre for the Metro-Detroit area since 1932. www.creativeartsstudios.com Do-it-yourself art workshop where families can paint pottery Sound Wave Music and Arts...... 248.289.6756 or glass, create clay items, work on mosaics, beading, or 3342 Auburn Rd., Auburn Hills stuffed animals. You can walk in anytime to create your own Students of all ages and skill levels welcome. Students learn masterpiece. No experience is necessary and all ages are to read, play, perform, and create their own original music! welcome! Activities available for children of all ages. All Lesson rooms are equipped for recording and students paints are lead-free and non-toxic. will be able to experience a professional recording studio. Recording studio services are available to anyone. Studio also has a chroma key green screen wall and is equipped for professional video production.
Page 2 Going Glazy Pottery Studio...... 248.676.2310 Detroit Zoological Park...... 248.398.0900 525 North Main St., Suite 100, Milford 8450 West 10 Mile Rd., Royal Oak www.goingglazy.com www.detroitzoo.org Going Glazy gives you the opportunity to create a unique Situated on 125 acres with many naturalistic exhibits. Major gift or memory using your own creativity. We have over 200 exhibits include the Arctic Ring of Life, Australian Outback items to choose from. Your creation will have long lasting Adventure, Great Apes of Harambee, National Amphibian memories! Come visit us! Stay an hour or all day to create Conservation Center, Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, your own masterpiece! No appointment necessary! Penguinarium and Butterfly Garden. Carousel is open April- Oct. The Zoo is home to over 1,500 animals of 260 species. Home Depot...... Various locations www.homedepot.com Meadow Brook Hall...... 248.364.6200 Most projects are designed for kids aged 5-12. These free 480 South Adams Rd., Rochester Hills workshops teach do-it-yourself skills and tool safety, while Meadow Brook Hall is the fourth largest historic house instilling a sense of accomplishment. Call your local store museum in the United States and is renowned for its superb for the type of craft to be made each month. craftsmanship, architectural detailing and grand scale. Built between 1926 and 1929 as the residence of Matilda Dodge Lowes...... Various locations Wilson (widow of auto pioneer John Dodge) and her second www.lowes.com husband, lumber broker Alfred G. Wilson, the 110-room, From project basics to giving your child the opportunity to 88,000-square-foot, Tudor-revival style mansion is complete say, “I built it!,” Build and Grow kid’s clinics are a great with vast collections of original art and furnishings. Over way to help build confidence! Contact local store for hours two dozen landscaped gardens including topiary shrubs, an and the craft to be made. evergreen maze and a children’s garden. The gardens are open year round. Best viewing Spring-Fall. Pontiac Creative Arts Center...... 248.333.7849 47 Williams St., Pontiac www.pontiac.mi.us/cac Children enjoy a wide variety of art classes, including acting, Cider Mills arts and crafts, ballet, ceramics, drawing, tap, tumbling, and watercolor and acrylic painting. Ashton Orchards...... 248.627.6671 3925 Seymour Lake Rd., Ortonville Ashton Cider Mill serves apple crisp, cookies, fresh-baked breads and pies, jellies, fresh produce, firewood and more. Aquariums, Botanical Picnic tables and sturdy playground equipment available to relax and enjoy their Ashton Cider Mill cider. The grounds Gardens, Zoos are very well-kept, showcasing antique farm equipment. Carousel Acres...... 248.437.PONY 12749 Nine Mile Rd., South Lyon Diehl’s Orchard...... 888.8CIDER7 www.carouselacres.biz and Cider Mill...... or 248.634.8981 Visit farm animals and animals native to Australia including 1479 Ranch Rd., Holly the only Lorikeet aviary in Michigan! Stop over at the www.diehlsorchard.com butterfly house showcasing free flying butterflies native Learn how cider is made and take a tour of this orchard to the United States. Also see fiber animals, spinning featuring: playground, playscape, kiddie maze, hay pile and demonstrations, and more. Open for scheduled tours year hiking through the orchard. Diehl’s serves apples, apple round. Call for seasonal hours and prices. cider, donuts, caramel apples, apple chips, apple butter, honey, jams, jellies, fudge, pies and more. Pony rides, hay Cranbrook House and Gardens..... 248.645.3149 rides and pumpkin patch weekends in fall. 380 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills www.cranbrook.edu Erwin Orchards...... 888.824.3377 Gardens bursting with colors of annual and perennial and Cider Mill...... or 248.437.4701 flowers, Cranbrook House and Gardens stands as a 61475 Silver Lake Rd., South Lyon centerpiece of Cranbrook’s 319-acre National Historic www.erwinorchards.com Landmark campus. From May through October, visitors can Erwin’s is an environmentally friendly orchard, practicing experience the grandeur of both the House and the Gardens Integrated Pest Management. IPM is the practice of using with guided and self-guided tours. biological controls on insects instead of chemicals whenever possible. Featuring top quality “Pick Your Own” apples, sweet cherries, raspberries and pumpkins, bakery, ice cream shop, fruits and vegetables, gift shop, unique grocery products, jams, jellies, cider and donuts. U-pick apples, family entertainment, including a corn maze, and haunted attractions.
Page 3 Franklin Cider Mill...... 248.626.2968 Yates Cider Mill...... 248.651.8300 7450 Franklin Rd., Franklin 1990 East Avon, Rochester www.franklincidermill.com www.yatescidermill.com Water-powered cider mill since 1837. Features cider made Cider made daily, hot donuts, caramel apples, apple pies, daily, hot donuts, and more than a dozen varieties of apples. apple butter, and apple jelly. McIntosh, Jonathan, Red Caramel apples, candy apples, apple pies, apple butter and Delicious apples sold. Hot dog stand, and cinnamon roasted other goods are available. One of the few mills where you almonds. Water-powered Cider Mill since 1863. View cider can see cider being made the “old fashioned” way. All apples being made on weekends and several times during the week. that the mill uses for making its cider or just for selling are Michigan maple syrup and homemade apple pies available all hand picked fresh 100% organic apples. daily. Many varieties of apples are available throughout the season in the “Apple Tent.” Group tours are available Goodison Cider Mill...... 248.652.8450 by appointment. Fudge Shop open daily. Pony rides on 4295 Orion Rd., Rochester weekends! www.goodisoncidermill.wordpress.com Goodison Cider Mill is open from Labor Day until Christmas each year. Pressed the old-fashioned way, making pure, fresh apple cider all season long. Home of the world-famous Farmers Markets Pistachio Nut Bread, a variety of pies, donuts, jams, apples, Agriculture has always been one of Michigan’s major indus- caramel apples, old-fashioned candies, handmade caramel, tries, and Michigan is still the leader in producing delicious honey and many other wonderful treats. cherries and blueberries. Begin your search for a U-pick farm, orchard, or farm market: Long Family Orchard and Farm..... 248.360.3774 www.michigan.org/farm-markets 1342 E. Commerce Rd., Commerce Twp. www.longsorchard.com Auburn Hills Farmers Market Long’s sells cider daily and in the fall offers wagon rides, 3308 Auburn Rd., Auburn Hills cider mill viewing, a donut kitchen, night-time corn maze, http://www.auburnhills.org and great picture taking. Also available in fall is the Fall Opens June. Thursdays 3:00 - 7:00 PM Time Fun Area featuring: petting farm, corn maze, wagon Birmingham Farmers Market rides, play area and more. Asparagus, strawberries, sweet 660 N. Old Woodward, Birmingham corn, garden vegetables, apples and cider, and pumpkins are www.birminghamfarmersmarket.org available for u-pick, please call or visit for schedule. Sundays 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Paint Creek Cider Mill...... 248.651.8361 Clarkston Farmers Market 4480 Orion Rd., Rochester 6558 Waldon Rd., Clarkston www.paintcreekcidermill.org www.clarkstonfarmersmarket.org Delicious meals, healthy snacks and delectable treats Opens June. Hours: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM including fresh-baked donuts and pies, jellies, and apples. Colorful mums and pumpkins available for fall. Near the Clawson Farmers Market Paint Creek Trail for walking, biking, etc. 1080 N. Custer, Clawson www.cityofclawson.com Parmenter’s Northville Sundays 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Cider Mill...... 248.349-3181 714 Baseline Rd., Northville Farmington Farmers & Artisans Market www.northvillecider.com 33113 Grand River Ave, Farmington The second oldest continuously operating business in www.downtownfarmington.org Northville. Cider, donuts, caramel apples, apple butter, Saturdays 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM pumpkin butter, honey, maple syrup, and much more! A play area is provided for children just outside of the mill. A Lake Orion Farmers’ Market branch off the Rouge River runs behind the mill and several 93 S. Anderson, Lake Orion ducks have made it their home. www.lakeorionfarmersmarket.com Opens June. Wednesdays 2:00 - 7:00 PM Rochester Cider Mill...... 248.651.4224 5125 Rochester Rd., Rochester Lathrup Village Farmers Market www.rochestercidermill.com 27400 Southfield Rd., Lathrup Village Cider has no preservatives and it is not pasteurized, crafted www.lathrupvillage.org from apples fresh from the orchard. The Mill only uses the Opens June. Wednesdays 2:00 - 7:00 PM Michigan ingredients for donuts, caramel apples and fudge. The caramel is handmade with Michigan sugar, butter, Milford Farmers Market and molasses. Pies baked fresh every day, apple crisp is 115 E. Liberty St., Milford homemade. www.milfordfarmersmarket.org Thursdays 3:00 - 8:00 PM
Page 4 Lyon Township Farmers Market Oakland County Farmers Market 56808 Grand River Ave., New Hudson 2350 Pontiac Lk Rd., Waterford Twp. www.bonarosefoods.com/lyon-township-farmers- www.destinationoakland.com/countymarket market.html Hours 6:30 AM - 2:00 PM Opens June. Fridays 12:30 - 6:00 PM May through December – Tuesday, Thursday Year round – Saturday Novi Farmers Market Fuerst Park (10 Mile & Taft Rd)., Novi Wixom Farmers Market www.novifarmersmarket.com 48900 Pontiac Trail, Wixom Saturdays 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM www.wixomparksandrec.com/Default.aspx?id=11 Hours: 3:00 - 7:00 PM Orion Farmers Market at Canterbury Joslyn Rd., Orion White Lake Farmers Market http://orionfarmersmarket.com 1500 Bogie Lake Rd., White Lake Check website for dates and times www.whitelakefarmersmarket.weebly.com Hours: Saturday - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM The Unconventional Farmers Market Ortonville Beets, Beats and Eats Farmers Market Crossman Park, Ortonville Farms: Demonstrations, www.downtownortonville.org/bbe Opens June. Fridays 6:00 - 9:00 PM Petting, Working Cook’s Farm Dairy...... 248.627.3329 Oxford Farmers Market 2950 Seymour Lake Rd., Ortonville Burdick and M-24, Oxford A 150 cow dairy farm in northern Oakland County. We www.oxfordfarmersmarket.org/ process our own milk and ice cream and sell it retail to the Opens June. Thursdays 2:00 - 7:00 PM public. Tours by advanced reservations.
Downtown Rochester Farmers’ Market Kensington Metropark Corner of E. Third & Water, Rochester Farm Center...... 248.685.1561 www.downtownrochestermi.com 2240 W. Buno Rd., Milford Saturdays 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM www.metroparks.com Children and adults are invited to learn by touching and Beaumont Farmers Market exploring as well as by looking. Walk down the farm lanes 3601 West Thirteen Mile Rd., Royal Oak and view the animals, absorb the sights, the activity, and www.beaumont.edu/nutrition-services-farmers-market smells of the barn, the poultry house, and the pasture; Check website for dates and times follow in the footsteps of yesteryear and today’s farmer for Royal Oak Farmers Market a “feel of farm life.” Hayrides/sleigh rides on weekends. 316 East 11 Mile Rd., Royal Oak Group charters available. We also have a “Kensington’s Kid www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us/portal/community-links/ Cottage,” built with all natural and green materials. Call to farmers-market verify hours depending on season. Fridays, Farm Market: 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM May - December Oak Haven Farm Saturdays, Farm Market: 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM ...... 248.634.5437 Sundays, Antique & Collectible Market: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM 7515 Grange Hall Rd., Holly www.oakhavenfarm.net South Lyon Farmer’s Market Oak Haven Farm Family Fall weekend fun and horse drawn Pontiac Trail and Liberty St., South Lyon hayrides! Pumpkins, fall decorations, cider and donuts, www.southlyonmi.org/1/223/farmers_market.asp caramel apples, Cook’s Ice Cream, animals, duck pond, pony Wednesdays 2:00 - 7:00 PM rides, kids maze and a hay tent. Free admission and parking. Oak Haven Farm is an affordable, fun way for a family to Walled Lake Farmers Market spend a weekend afternoon. 1499 E. West Maple St., Walled Lake www.walledlake.com Turtle Creek Farm...... 248.363.9850 Open May – October. Wednesdays 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM 6205 Cooley Lake Rd., Waterford www.turtlecreekfarm.org Springfield Farmers Market Where farm life meets wild life in a world of educational fun! 12000 Davisburg Rd., Davisburg Turtle Creek Farm is located on 10 acres. It is home to a host http://springfieldfarmersmarket.wordpress.com/ of animals including horses, alpacas, goats, emus, chickens, Opens June: Sundays 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ducks, reptiles and amphibians. Biologist/owner leads all educational programs, including summer camps, field trips, girl scout and boy scout groups and much more.
Page 5 Upland Hills Farm...... 248.628.1611 Crown V Ranch...... 248.887.HRSY 481 Lake George Rd., Oxford 5300 Highland Rd., White Lake www.uplandhillsfarm.com http://crownvranch.com/ Old fashioned hayrides, visit and feed the animals, enjoy Ranch offers trail rides, lessons, scout programs, horse farm demonstrations. Visit the website for special events boarding, weddings, and much more. Come out and visit held at the farm. sometime for a tour of the facility. Our goal is to provide a safe and happy place for people and animals alike. Historic Villages Horse Dreamers...... 810.252.7833 or 248.627.6270 2453 Jossman Rd, Holly and Farms www.horsedreamers.org Five-Day Summer short courses, riding lessons, boarding. Kelley Fisk Farm...... 248.360.0188 Holly Hansz-Ax, CHA Master Level Instructor in both 9180 Highland Rd., White Lake English and Western riding; Elementary, Special Education- www.hsmichigan.org/whitelake Speech Therapy. Our horses or yours. Group, semi-private or Modest Greek Revival House with Gothic details built private lessons. Indoor and outdoor arenas, year round. around 1852. The White Lake Historical Society then leased the complex, which includes the house, a barn, a pump Maybury Riding Stable...... 248.347.1088 house, a pig house, a hen house, corn cribs, a privy and a 20303 Beck Rd., Northville garage, from the township. www.mayburyridingstable.com Horseback riding for the beginner as well as the experienced Mill Race Village and rider. We also offer special group participation programs for Northville Historical Society...... 248.348.1845 scout troops, youth groups, Girl Scout horse fan and horse 215 Griswold Ave., Northville rider badge programs, hayrides, birthday parties, pony rides, www.ci.northville.mi.us riding lessons, summer horse camp and evening rides. There A living museum, the village consists of a church, gazebo, are a number of horses in different shapes, sizes, and colors school, rustic wooden bridge, blacksmith shop, inter-urban to choose from. Experience a scenic horseback ride through station and several homes reminiscent of an era gone by. the miles of beautiful wooded, wildlife filled trails inside the Maybury State Park in Northville. Troy Historic Village...... 248.524.3570 60 West Wattles Rd., Troy Offering Alternative Therapy with Smiles www.troyhistoricvillage.org (OATS)...... 248.620.1775 The village has been restored and furnished. Buildings 3090 Weidemann Drive, Clarkston include a log cabin, one room schoolhouse, wagon shop, www.oatshrh.org print shop, old town hall, a Greek revival home, and a Therapeutic horseback riding - Offering Alternative Therapy charming village green. Tour through the carefully restored with Smiles was founded in 1997 by Nancy Lee Heussner, buildings. Fine collections of nineteenth and early twentieth a North American Riding for the Handicapped Association century artifacts. (NARHA) certified instructor. O.A.T.S. is a NARHA Member Center. Today O.A.T.S. and its all-volunteer staff Van Hoosen Farm...... 248.656.4663 provides its unique therapy year-round to more than 80 1005 Van Hoosen Rd., Rochester Hills students with a variety of physical and emotional handicaps, www.rochesterhills.org such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and many Historical tours and outdoor programs for families. others. Nationally-registered historic site contains the 1840 Van Hoosen Farmhouse, 1888 Red House, and the 1927 Dairy Pretty Pony Pastures...... 248.634.7276 Barn has been converted into a year-round exhibit gallery. 9160 Eagle Rd., Davisburg Situated in a 15 acre park with Stoney Creek stream, www.prettyponypastures.org gardens, agricultural barns, nearby pioneer schoolhouse and Pretty Pony Pastures provides therapeutic and traditional cemetery. horseback riding lessons. We offer a safe and enjoyable horse experience for all persons of all abilities - all year long. Horseback Riding Rochester Hills Stables...... 586.752.6020/9520 270 N Rochester Rd., Leonard www.rochesterhillsstables.com Banbury Cross Therapeutic Rochester Hills Stables is one of the largest riding schools in Equestrian Center...... 248.628.RIDE Michigan. We are an English style riding school that offers 1223 Brauer Rd., Oxford lessons for kids through adults, boarding, pony parties, a Banbury Cross provides programs for adults and children tack shop, four school horse shows each year, a summer day with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, hearing camp, indoor arena, two outdoor arenas, and tons of fun for and sight impairments, traumatic brain injury, mental all ages! impairment, Muscular Dystrophy, Multiple Sclerosis, Spina Bifida, and other disabilities. Programs offered year round.
Page 6 Wildwind Equestrian Center...... 248.486.RIDE Farmington Community Library... 248.553.0300 3935 West Seven Mile Rd., South Lyon 23500 Liberty Street, Farmington www.wildwindstable.com www.farmlib.org Hunter, jumper, dressage, and lesson barn. Children’s lessons start at age four. Group, private and semi-private lessons. Farmington Branch Library...... 248.553.0300 Camps, therapeutic riding, adult lessons, boarding, sales, 32737 West Twelve Mile Rd., Farmington training, horse shows, family atmosphere. www.farmlib.org/library/locus.html Ferndale Public Library...... 248.546.2504 222 East Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale Libraries www.ferndale.lib.mi.us Local libraries provide entertaining and educational pro- grams for children and families. Call your local library for a Franklin Public Library...... 248.851.2254 schedule of events. 32455 Franklin Rd., Franklin www.franklin.lib.mi.us Park and Read Program www.michigan.gov Hazel Park Memorial Library...... 248.546.4095 While checking out a book, Park & Read allows library 123 East Nine Mile Rd., Hazel Park cardholders to “check-out” a one-day pass that waives the www.hazel-park.lib.mi.us Recreation Passport entry fee into any Michigan state park or recreation area. This $10 savings also provides a one-time, Highland Township Library...... 248.887.2218 free access to more than 500 events taking place in state P.O. Box 227, 444 Beach Farm Circle, Highland parks throughout the summer. www.highland.lib.mi.us
Addison Township Library...... 248.628.7180 Holly Public Library...... 248.634.1754 1440 Rochester Rd., Leonard 1116 North Saginaw, Holly www.addisontwp.michlibrary.org www.hollytownshiplibrary.org
Auburn Hills Public Library...... 248.370.9466 Huntington Woods Library...... 248.543.9720 3400 E. Seyburn Drive, Auburn Hills 26415 Scotia Rd., Huntington Woods www.auburn-hills.lib.mi.us www.huntington-woods.lib.mi.us
Berkley Public Library...... 248.546.2440 Lyon Township Library...... 248.437.8800 3155 Coolidge Highway, Berkley P.O. Box 326, 27005 S. Milford Rd., New Hudson www.berkley.lib.mi.us www.lyon.lib.mi.us
Birmingham Baldwin Madison Heights Library...... 248.588.7763 Public Library...... 248.647.7339 240 West Thirteen Mile Rd., Madison Heights 300 West Merrill, Birmingham www.madison-heights.org/library www.baldwinlib.org Madison Heights Library/South.... 248.541.7880 Bloomfield Township Library...... 248.642.5800 26550 John R, Madison Heights 1099 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills www.madison-heights.org/library www.btpl.org Milford Township Library...... 248.684.0845 Brandon Township Public Library....248.627.1460 330 Family Drive, Milford 304 South Street, Ortonville www.milfordlibrary.info www.brandonlibrary.org Northville Public Library...... 248.349.3020 Clarkston Independence 212 West Cady Street, Northville District Library...... 248.625.2212 www.northville.lib.mi.us 6495 Clarkston Rd., Clarkston www.indelib.org Novi Public Library...... 248.349.0720 45245 West Ten Mile Rd., Novi Clawson Blair Memorial Library... 248.588.5500 www.novilibrary.org 416 N. Main Street, Clawson www.cityofclawson.com Oak Park Public Library...... 248.691.7480 14200 Oak Park Boulevard, Oak Park Commerce Township www.oakpark-mi.com/library Community Library...... 248.669.8108 2869 North Pontiac Trail, Commerce www.commercelibrary.info
Page 7 Oakland County Library, West Bloomfield Library Adams-Pratt Law Library...... 248.858.0012 Westacres Branch...... 248.363.4022 1200 North Telegraph Rd., Dept. 450, Pontiac 7321 Commerce Rd., West Bloomfield www.oakgov.com/libraries/law www.wblib.org
Oakland County White Lake Township Library...... 248.698.4942 Research Library...... 248.858.0012 7527 East Highland Rd., White Lake 1200 North Telegraph Rd., Dept. 453, Pontiac www.whitelakelibrary.org www.oakgov.com/libraries/research Wixom Public Library...... 248.624.2512 Orion Township Library...... 248.693.3000 49015 Pontiac Trail, Wixom 825 Joslyn Rd., Lake Orion www.wixomlibrary.org www.orion.lib.mi.us
Oxford Public Library...... 248.628.3034 530 Pontiac Rd., Oxford Movement and Motion http://miopl.org Bloomfield Gymnastics...... 248.335.6770 2124 Franklin Rd., Bloomfield Hills Pontiac Public Library ...... 248.758.3942 www.bloomfieldgymnastics.com 60 East Pike St., Pontiac Classes begin at 21 months and advance to Hot Shots and www.pontiac.lib.mi.us Top Guns. Classes are for selected gymnasts who have a sound gymnastics background and advanced skill ability. Rochester Hills Public Library...... 248.656.2900 Classes in Tumbling, Acro-Dance and Cheernastics are also 500 Olde Town Rd., Rochester Hills offered. Instruction for all ages and all abilities. www.rhpl.org Farmington Gymnastics Royal Oak Public Library...... 248.246.3700 ...... 248.478.6130 222 East Eleven Mile Rd., P.O. Box 494, Royal Oak 23966 Freeway Park Dr., Farmington Hills www.ropl.org www.farmingtongymnastics.com Classes are designed to promote self-confidence, Royal Oak Township Library...... 248.542.9205 coordination, courage, physical and mental strength, while 21075 Wyoming Ave., Royal Oak learning to socialize with other children in a safe, fun, and http://tln.lib.mi.us/md/roat creative environment.
Salem-South Lyon FlipSpot Gymnastics ...... 248.340.0910 District Library...... 248.437.6431 233 Kay Industrial Dr., Orion Township 9800 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon www.flipspotgym.com http://ssldl.info FlipSpot Gymnastics and Cheer is Orion Township’s new premier gymnastics and cheerleading facility. We offer a Southfield Public Library...... 248.796.4200 wide variety of affordable classes for children and adults 26300 Evergreen Rd., Southfield of all ages. We offer observation for every class, as well as www.sfldlib.org birthday parties and field trips.
Springfield Township Library...... 248.846.6550 Flip Starz Gymnastics...... 248.673.6767 12000 Davisburg Rd., Davisburg 5425 Perry Dr., Suite 101, Waterford www.springfield.lib.mi.us www.flipandcheer.com Riley’s Gymnastics is where kids discover how amazing Troy Public Library...... 248.524.3538 they are! Gymnastics not only provides complete all around 510 West Big Beaver Rd., Troy exercise - it is FUN physical activity. www.troylibrary.info Great Lakes Elite Gymnastics Walled Lake City Library ...... 248.624.3772 & Cheer...... 248.236.9600 1499 East West Maple Rd., Walled Lake 715 North Lapeer Rd., Oxford www.walledlakelibrary.org http://greatlakeskidsenergy.com/ Waterford Township Great Lakes Elite Gymnastics & Cheer provides instructional classes to Oxford and the surrounding areas. With safety Public Library...... 248.674.4831 certified coaches, we guarantee a fun and educational 5168 Civic Center Dr., Waterford environment for all gymnastics and tumbling classes. We are www.waterford.lib.mi.us a friendly and caring community-based organization devoted West Bloomfield to giving the area a safe and clean establishment. Township Library...... 248.682.2120 4600 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield www.wblib.org
Page 8 GOB Gymnastics, Dance & Cheerleading...... 248.627.6317 Museums and Tours 142 Harbor Pointe, Ortonville Museum Adventure Pass (MAP) www.gobgymnastics.com www.detroitadventurepass.org Come to GOB Gymnastics & Cheerleading to meet new Art that inspires and engages, hands-on science that excites friends and learn more about the sport of gymnastics. Our and educates, history and culture that brings past and present goal is to provide your child with educational physical Michigan to life – all of these and more are waiting for you at activity. Children advance as they develop agility, muscle your local public library. Just use your library card to receive control, and confidence at their own pace. a Museum Adventure Pass. Gymnastics Training Center ...... 248.852.7950 Berkley Historical Museum...... 248.544.1470 1813 Northfield Dr., Rochester Hills 3338 Coolidge Highway, Berkley www.gtcgymnastics.com www.berkleymich.org/community_museum.shtm The Gymnastic Training Center offers classes for children The Berkley Historical Museum is located in the old Fire ages 12 months and over. The preschool sessions feature Hall at City Hall. The original Fire Hall was dedicated in “theme” weeks, introducing fun activities with gymnastics. 1928 and received designation as a Historic Site in 1988. Jewish Community Center ...... 248.432.5585 Birmingham Historical Museum.... 248.642.2817 West Bloomfield and Oak Park 556 West Maple, Birmingham www.jccdet.org www.ci.birmingham.mi.us My Buddy and Me Gymnastics at JPM Building - Class The Birmingham Historical Museum features the 1822 John offers beginning gymnastics for children with special needs, West Hunter House and the 1928 Allen House. These historic including tumbling and activities on basic equipment. buildings sit side-by-side in the beautiful John West Hunter Wonderful for balance and coordination! A parent or adult Historical Park near downtown. family member will accompany and participate with each child. Burgh Historical Park...... 248.356.2233 26080 Berg Rd., Southfield Kids in Motion ...... 248.684.9610 www.cityofsouthfield.com 2636 South Milford Rd., Highland The Historical Museum has a collection of artifacts donated www.kimpediatrics.com by citizens of the city and other benefactors. The museum has Kids In Motion Pediatric Therapy Services is a leader in pamphlets, maps, photographs, and old newspapers relating pediatric physical, occupational, and speech and language to early Southfield people and events. These offer significant therapy. Outpatient clinic in Highland, and providing home information about local architecture and geography, early care and school services all over the Detroit metro area. settlers, town sites, and businesses. Mega Fun and Fitness ...... 248.344.9344 Clarkston Heritage Museum...... 248.922.0270 22475 Heslip Dr., Novi 6495 Clarkston Rd., Clarkston www.mega-gym.com www.clarkstonhistorical.org Mega’s Preschool Program offers more than just a great After years of effort to preserve and interpret the history gymnastics experience. Program is filled with energy, of the Clarkston area, the Clarkston Community Historical enthusiasm and excitement, guided by trained instructors. Society has now opened Clarkston’s first and only museum. Instructors use lesson plans throughout the session, which The museum represents a commitment by the Society to incorporate themes throughout the year. Preschoolers will display and interpret collections of historical objects and have fun focusing on gymnastics, but also on coordination, archival materials that have been acquired over its 28-year balance, body awareness, social skills, and self-confidence. existence. Michigan Special Olympics ...... 586.731.0922 Clawson Historical Museum...... 248.588.9169 12900 Hall Rd., #390, Sterling Heights 41 Fisher Ct., Clawson www.somi.org www.cityofclawson.com Sports offered in Oakland County: skiing, cross-country Step into the 1920s...This house built by Oswald and skiing, figure skating, snowshoeing, snowboarding, speed Deborah Fisher details life about the time that Clawson was skating, basketball, bowling, aquatics, golf, gymnastics, incorporated as a village. Numerous photos of Clawson’s powerlifting, softball, volleyball, weightlifting, hockey, and early history are also on exhibit. The Museum can provide soccer. copies of newspaper clippings, photographs and historical information to citizens requesting them. Stars and Stripes Gymnastics...... 248.625.FLIP 7152 Gateway Park Dr., Clarkston http://starsandstripeskids.com The Stars & Stripes Gymnastics Academy goal is to provide children’s educational programs through physical activity that far exceed the norm. Programs are specifically designed to meet the needs of the children of all ages and skill levels.
Page 9 Cranbrook Institute...... 1.877.GO.CRANBROOK Marvin’s Marvelous of Science...... or 248.645.3200 Mechanical Museum...... 248.626.5020 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills 31005 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills http://science.cranbrook.edu www.marvin3m.com Workshops, field trips and exhibits about science and nature. Vintage arcade machines, carousels, kiddie rides, robots, Institute also offers planetarium shows, hands-on activities, model airplanes and many coin-operated devices are housed a T-rex, summer camps and much more. Explore science, in 5,500 square feet of space at this unusual museum. All technology, and natural history. Appreciate the value of games are operational and available for visitor play. the Institute’s fascinating exhibits, hands-on activities, and planetarium shows. You can enjoy a picnic on the Meadow Brook Farm/Hall...... 248.364.6200 lovely grounds, or a snack in the café. At the Institute you Oakland University, Rochester will discover family-friendly events, up-to-date scientific www.meadowbrookhall.org information, and some pretty outstanding sights. Meadow Brook Hall is the fourth largest historic house museum in the United States and is renowned for its superb Farmington Historical Museum..... 248.473.7275 craftsmanship, architectural detailing and grand scale. Built 33805 Grand River, Farmington between 1926 and 1929 as the residence of Matilda Dodge www.ci.farmington.mi.us Wilson (widow of auto pioneer John Dodge) and her second Former home of Michigan governor Fred Warner (1905- husband, lumber broker Alfred G. Wilson, the 110-room, 1911). Filled with historic artifacts, memorabilia from 1850 88,000-square foot Tudor-revival style mansion is complete through 1920. The mansion sits on approximately three acres with vast collections of original art and furnishings. surrounded by gardens. Contact for dates and hours. Milford Historical Museum...... 248.685.7308 Ferndale Historical Museum...... 248.545.7606 124 East Commerce Street, Milford 1651 Livernois, Ferndale www.milfordhistory.org http://ferndalehistoricalsociety.org This 1853 Greek revival structure, which houses the Milford Historical Society Museum, was built by local cabinetmaker Foster Farmhouse...... 248.624.4847 John Wood. Through the years it served as home to Edwin 917 East Walled Lake Dr., Walled Lake Hubbell, a local merchant, and later his son, Frank “Trader” www.walledlake.com Hubbell. Dr. Weisbrod also had his home and office located Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, this 1840’s Greek here. Much local activity centered on this building when it revival style house in Walled Lake, was slated for demolition contained the offices for Milford Village, Milford Township in August 1996 to make way for an apartment complex. and the Police Department. What happened instead is documented in this project. A group of concerned citizens formed a non-profit foundation Northeast Oakland to save the building, which eventually was moved to a city Historical Museum...... 248.628.8413 park site where it continues to undergo restoration. 1 North Washington, Oxford www.orion.lib.mi.us/nohm Franklin Historical Museum...... 248.538.0565 The Museum holdings number well over 2,000 items 26165 Thirteen Mile Rd., Franklin ranging from antique quilts, Van Doren coverlets, furniture, www.franklin.mi.us musical instruments and numerous old tools. Displays on the main floor are a Victorian parlor, dining room, bedroom Holly Historical Museum and a music section containing a square grand piano. The Hadley House...... 248.634.6246 collections were either donated or loaned by interested 306 S. Saginaw, Holly people and firms in Orion, Addison, and Oxford Townships. www.vi.holly.mi.us The Museum Library contains many family histories, The Hadley House was built in 1873 by local builders Webb Oakland County histories and atlases. There is an extensive and Rickers. The home features a genealogy room that file of clippings and pictures. Researchers are welcome. maintains records of the history of Holly and its people. The dining room has an antique toy display. Orson Starr House...... 248.585.0170 21 Williams St., Royal Oak Holocaust Memorial Center...... 248.553.2400 www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us 28123 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills Orson Starr, the township’s first manufacturer, became well www.holocaustcenter.org known for making cowbells. In 1845, he built his wooden The HMC offers many opportunities to learn about the frame home incorporating many characteristics of Greek Holocaust and almost all are open to the public and free of revival, an architectural style that was popular at the time. charge. The HMC aims to kindle an awareness of the ethical, The Orson Starr House is listed in Michigan’s State Register moral, spiritual, educational and cultural contributions of Historic Sites. The Orson Starr House Historic District of the Jewish people, and thereby promote inter-cultural has also received the official project designation of “Save understanding. America’s Treasures,” awarded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Page 10 Ortonville Historical Museum...... 248.627.2856 Waterford Historical Village...... 248.623.2449 366 Mill St., Ortonville 4490 Hatchery Rd., Waterford www.ortonvillevillage.com/history/index.html www.waterfordhistoricalsociety.org The museum is a grist mill built in 1856 and houses 4,000 Waterford Historic Village is an interpretation of Waterford’s artifacts relating to pioneering of Ortonville and Brandon place in history. Some buildings are original, some are exact Township. replicas and some are representations of what the buildings would have looked like in the early 1900s as progress and Pine Grove Historical Museum...... 248.338.6732 prosperity brought Waterford successfully into the next 405 Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Pontiac century. www.ocphs.org One of the main attractions for visitors to Pine Grove is the Wixom Wire House/Gibson Farm...... 248.624.4557 Greek Revival-style mansion of former Governor Moses 687 North Wixom Rd., Wixom Wisner. Wisner came to Oakland County from New York, as www.michmarkers.com many early settlers did, and in 1845, moved with his family, This house was built in the early 1850s by Lucy Wixom, onto a parcel of land overlooking what was then known as widow of Ahijah Wixom, one of the town’s founders. The the Saginaw Trail. The property contained a small brick house originally consisted of a parlor, a bedroom, a loft and house, built ca. 1845, a grove full of stately old pine trees, a basement. The Wire family renovated the home for church and plenty of land for a stable and orchards. and funeral services. Caskets rested in an alcove in the parlor, whose wide door on the north was added so that caskets Rochester Hills Museum...... 248.656.4663 could be easily moved to the cemetery across the street. In 1005 Van Hoosen Rd., Rochester Hills 1897, the Tiffin family purchased the house. In 1975, the www.rochesterhills.org Wixom Historical Society acquired the home for restoration Located in Stoney Creek Village, which is listed in the and the creation of a museum. National Register of Historic Places, this 16-acre museum complex was home to the Taylor and Van Hoosen families dating back to 1823. It features structures original to the property from 1840 to the early 20th century. Presented in a Nature Centers restored 1927 dairy barn are well-designed and informative Audubon Society of Detroit...... 248.354.4960 exhibits highlighting the settlement, agriculture, industry and 26080 Berg Rd., Southfield, MI 48033 cultural evolution of this community. www.detroitaudubon.org Field trips, sanctuary, nature store. Support activities to South Lyon Historical Museum...... 248.437.9929 foster the preservation of birds and the natural resources they 300 Dorothy St., South Lyon depend on. Field trips, camp-outs, and sanctuary visits. www.southlyonmi.org The Witch’s Hat Depot Museum and Historic Village Cranbrook Bat Zone...... 248.645.3232 represents the joint efforts of the City of South Lyon, South 39221 North Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills Lyon Area Historical Society, local service clubs and a great http://science.cranbrook.edu number of volunteers. This community effort has resulted Bats on display. Explore the fascinating world of nocturnal in a fine museum and charming village. This is an ongoing animals and learn about their adaptations for living at night. work as this winning combination continues to improve upon See live night creatures including bats, flying squirrels, owls, this historic site. sugar gliders, and a two-toed sloth!
Troy Museum and Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve Historic Village...... 248.524.3570 and Den...... 248.656.0999 60 West Wattles Rd., Troy 333 North Hill Cir., Rochester www.troyhistoricvillage.org www.dinosaurhill.org The village has been restored and furnished. Buildings Sixteen heavily-wooded acres full of trails. Families will find include a log cabin, one-room schoolhouse, wagon shop, lots of hands-on activities. Contact for schedule. print shop, old town hall and Greek revival home. Admission to the museum and special events are free. Drayton Plains Nature Center...... 248.674.2119 2125 Denby Dr., Waterford West Bloomfield Historical http://dpnaturecenter.org Museum...... 248.656.4663 The Drayton Plains Nature Center’s 137 acres, and expanse 3951 Orchard Lake Rd., Orchard Lake of nearly one mile in length, exhibits our Earth’s finest www.gwbhs.com treasure - nature. The reserve is open daily, free of charge. What was once the Orchard Lake City Hall is now the Enjoy the historic Clinton River, several wildlife ponds, Orchard Lake Museum. The building is made from the same approximately six kilometers of trails, interpretive studies materials salvaged from the Orchard Lake Hotel, which building, pioneer era log cabin, and special events. stood on the same site. Information on historic Apple Island.
Page 11 Hawk Woods Nature Center...... 248.370.9353 Lyon Oaks Nature Center...... 248.437.7345 3799 Bald Mountain Rd., Auburn Hills 52251 Pontiac Trail, Wixom www.auburnhills.org www.destinationoakland.com Hawk Woods offers endless opportunities for outdoor 2.5 miles of hiking trails, picnic shelters, playground and recreational activities. This facility offers groomed nature recreation fields, programs for the public, scouts and school trails, a marsh boardwalk, a heated restroom/shower facility groups. open year-round, a covered picnic shelter that can be reserved in season, a two-story Log Cabin Lodge with six Moose Tree Nature Preserve...... 248.391.3649 overnight camping cabins, surrounded by 80 acres of woods, 3191 West Clarkston Rd., Lake Orion meadows and marsh. http://rp.lakeorion.k12.mi.us Trails are open to the public from dawn to dusk; 35 Johnson Nature Center...... 248.341.6485 wooded acres adjacent to Orion Oaks County Park, provide 3325 Franklin Rd., Bloomfield Hills educational programs for Lake Orion students grades K-12. http://naturecenter.bloomfield.org The E. L. Johnson Nature Center is a beautifully natural, 40 Nature Center at acre site that offers visitors myriad visual pleasures and a Friendship Woods...... 248.585.0100 plethora of learning opportunities. Featuring a scenic, four- 30300 Hales Rd., Madison Heights acre pond that is home to an assortment of fish; a variety of www.madison-heights.org trees including stands of pine, hardwoods, and a sugar bush; Children will enjoy hands-on interactive displays, movies, and many native plants and wildflowers that decorate the kid’s classes, 36-acres of woods. rolling terrain left by prehistoric melting glaciers. A tributary Nature Discovery Center of the Rouge River flows through the park-like area. Center at Heritage Park...... 248.477.1135 features two miles of walking trails, special wildlife exhibits, West side of Farmington Rd., between Ten and an 1800s homestead, and a butterfly garden. Eleven Mile Roads, Farmington Hills Kensington Nature Center...... 248.685.0603 www.ci.farmington-hills.mi.us/ 2240 West Buno Rd., Milford Park features diorama of life in the park, hands-on area, two www.metroparks.com large aquariums and bird viewing area. Features live exhibits of local fish, snakes, turtles and other North Oakland Headwaters Land reptiles and amphibians; family programs and walks on a Conservancy...... 248.846.6547 variety of nature topics; many craft programs and Scout P.O. Box 285, Clarkston badge programs are conducted; and a farm learning center. www.nohlc.org Lewis E. Wint Nature Center at Total of 1,034 acres protected with a mission of conserving Independence the woods, fields, streams and other natural resources in the Oaks County Park...... 248.625.6473 headwaters area of the Clinton, Shiawassee, Huron and Flint 9501 Sashabaw Rd., Clarkston Rivers. www.destinationoakland.com Six Rivers Regional Land Park naturalists conduct year-round educational programs for Conservancy...... 248.601.2816 individuals and groups including: Starlab, Nature Discovery, P.O. Box 80902, Rochester Catch the Reading Bug, and Badge Day, Cohn Amphitheater, www.sixriversrlc.org fire circle, Rubach Sensory garden with gazebo, and a water 18 conservation properties; stewardship workdays; volunteers garden. The Wint Nature Center provides exhibits and year- talk to land owners, monitor preserves and easements, and round educational programs conducted by park naturalists. contribute their professional expertise. Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center...... 248.688.9703 Walled Lake 6685 Coolidge Highway, Troy Outdoor Education Center...... 248.956.5120 www.troynaturesociety.org 3577 Sleeth Ct., Commerce Township The Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center is operated by the Troy www.wlcsd.org/programs.cfm?subpage=441025 Nature Society with a mission of “providing resources The WLOEC is situated on 11 acres of school property which and education to inspire the appreciation and preservation lies adjacent to the 3,500 acres of the Proud Lake Recreation of nature.” A variety of programs are offered year-round Area. Hiking trails, fishing, canoeing and cross-country ski for school, scout and other organizations. Public program trails are all easily accessed from the center. offerings include Maple Syrup Time – Past & Present, the award-winning Junior Naturalist Club, summer day camps, West Bloomfield Woods and other diverse programs for both children and adults. The Nature Preserve...... 248.451.1900 two miles of walking trails wind through 100 acres of natural Arrowhead Rd., West Bloomfield communities including forest, meadow, marsh, pond and www.westbloomfieldparks.org stream. Trails are open daily from dawn to dusk. The nature The 162-acre reserve hosts more than 100 bird species and center building is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, a great blue heron rookery. It’s also the home of a red fox, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM and during mink, weasel, white-tailed deer and blue-spotted salamander. scheduled programs. This preserve offers kids a full sensory nature experience. Page 12 Huron Valley Moms Club Parent and Child Groups www.hvmoms.org Catholic Charities of The Huron Valley Moms Club (HVMC) is a non-profit community-based support group for ALL moms. The HVMC Southest Michigan...... 248.333.3700 can best be defined by our slogan and mission statement— www.cssoc.org Resources throughout Oakland County. Classes include: Honoring and Valuing Mothers and Children. HVMC offers FAST (Families and Schools Together), child and family members a variety of activities and opportunities to meet literacy, prenatal and parenting education, self-sufficiency/ other moms in the community. Examples include weekly life skills and family stabilization. playgroups, monthly membership meetings, mom’s night out, and special interest clubs. Farmington Area Mom’s Club Lakes Area Moms www.farmingtonareamomsclub.org The Farmington Area Mom’s Club was founded to provide Walled Lake moms with a community of like-minded women with http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lakes_Area_Moms whom we can have fun, garner support, and create lasting This is a free group for moms and their kids who live in the friendships. Our members are a combination of women with Lakes Area of Oakland County. We have weekly playdates, children of all ages who work full-time, part-time, or stay at morning and evening walks, outings (zoo, park, etc.), home, and share the common bond of motherhood. monthly project nights, and more! We live in a beautiful part of our state... let’s get out there and enjoy it!! Let’s make First Families...... 248.666.9593 some new friends for ourselves and our children. 6010 Hatchery Rd., Waterford Michigan Organization of Mothers of Twins www.waterford.k12.mi.us First Families is a parent support and education program for Clubs, Inc. (MOMOTC)...... 734.981.4993 families with infants and toddlers living in Waterford. Marcia Rodeheffer, President www.momotc.org Friends of Different Learners...... 248.644.7222 Help in finding other clubs near your home or others with 31284 Cline Dr., Beverly Hills multiples. The Michigan Organization shall join together www.friendsofdifferentlearners.org member clubs to serve parents or guardians of multiple Friends of Different Learners is an independent organization birth children through education, research and fellowship. of parents, staff and community members dedicated to Member of The National Organization of Mothers of Twins maximizing the potential of Birmingham Public School Clubs (NOMOTC), a network of more than 420 local clubs students with different abilities. representing over 25,000 families across the United States.
GO Moms (Greater Oakland - Mothers of Mocha Moms Multiples) www.mochamoms.org www.gomoms.org Mocha Moms is a support group for mothers of color who Greater Oakland Mothers of Multiples (goMOMS) is have chosen not to work full-time outside of the home in a nonprofit organization serving Oakland County and order to devote more time to their families. While many of surrounding communities. We bring together moms of twins, our members have eliminated employment altogether, others triplets, quadruplets (or more!) for support in the situations work part-time, flex-time, night shifts, have home-based we encounter with pregnancy and raising multiples. businesses, etc., so they are more available to their families.
Great Start Collaborative-Oakland MOMS Club® of Lake Orion Parent Coalition...... 248.209.2513 http://orion.lib.mi.us/momsclub ® www.greatstartforkids-oakland.org MOMS Club of Walled Lake Open to everyone in Oakland County with an interest in www.momsclubcwl.org advocating to help spread the word about the importance MOMS Club® of Waterford of early childhood development. Monthly meetings include www.momsclubwaterfordnorth.org dinner and free childcare. MOMS Club® (MOMS Offering Moms Support®) is an International nonprofit organization specifically for at-home Hispanic Outreach...... 248.338.4250 or part-time working mothers everywhere! Catholic Social Services, 76 Williams St., Pontiac www.cssoc.org MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Mentor Programs allow adult mentors to work with the www.mops.org Hispanic Outreach staff, teachers, and with the families to MOPS stands for Mothers of Preschoolers. MOPS help Hispanic children (ages 8–18) succeed academically, International exists to meet the needs of every mom - who plan for the future, acquire problem-solving skills and all share a similar desire to be the very best moms they can avoid negative behaviors such as participation with gangs, be! MOPS recognizes that the years from infancy through drugs and alcohol. After-school and summer programs offer kindergarten are foundational in a mother-child relationship activities for pre-school, elementary and middle school and are filled with unique needs. children to mix fun with useful information and skill- building activities. Page 13 Mothers and More www.mothersandmore.com Parks Clarkston Park and Read Program www.clarkstonareamothersandmore.com www.michigan.gov/dnr Northwest Oakland County Click on: Recreation, Camping and Boating. The Department http://nwomothersandmore.tripod.com of Natural Resources has partnered with the Library of Mothers and More is a non-profit organization dedicated to Michigan to create a new GO-Get Outdoors “Park and improving the lives of mothers through support, education Read” program. The Park and Read program allows library and advocacy. They address mothers’ needs as individuals cardholders at participating public libraries around the state and members of society, and promote the value of the work the ability to check out a one-day pass into any Michigan mothers do. Refer to the website for further information. state park or recreation area in lieu of the daily motor The Newcomers Club vehicle entrance permit. Passes are valid for seven days from checkout and can be used for one day at any one of http://newcomersclub.com/mi.html This worldwide directory was created to help you locate Michigan’s 98 state parks. Passes are valid for day use only. clubs and organizations designed to give people new to Addison Oaks...... 248.693.2432 the area, or parents the opportunity to meet and develop 1480 West Romeo Rd., Rochester friendships with others who live in the area. Some of the www.destinationoakland.com groups in the directory include New Neighbors, American Swimming, boating, picnicking and group picnic shelters, Women’s Club, Welcome Club, Welcome Wagon Social fishing, hiking, mountain bike trails and special events. Club, Mothers and More, MOMS Club, Dad-to-Dad, MOPS. Camping on individual modern sites; six group camping Oakland County Youth Assistance areas; six cabins (some wheelchair accessible) and organized activities and entertainment for campers. www.oakgov.com/circuit/ Calendar of family and parenting programs available All Kids Playground throughout Oakland County. at Hess-Hathaway...... 248.674.5441 Oakland Family Services...... 248.858.7766 825 South Willliams Lake Rd., Waterford Various locations www.twp.waterford.mi.us Click on: Departments, then Parks and Rec. This playground www.oaklandfamilyservices.org Developmental and parenting programs give parents and is designed for children of all abilities, including those with their children unique opportunities to bond while engaging special needs. There are transfer platforms, ramps, a poured in effective learning techniques and enhancing parenting rubber surface and other safety devices to help make this a skills. Parents learn from our child specialists how to engage fun, safe place to play. This is a fully-integrated, universally with their children and receive encouragement as they accessible playground. Lone Cedar Farms, a working farm become consistent and nurturing, and their children thrive. with animals to visit and year-round family activities are also Children’s Learning Center, Achieving Preschool Excellence available. Softball, volleyball courts, walking/hiking trails, (APEX), Early On®, Dynamic Dads, Fussy Baby and four horseshoes pits, farm animals, cross country skiing (not Lekotek (therapeutic play-based family sessions for families groomed trails). of children with disabilities structured to help children learn, Bald Mountain Recreation Area...... 248.693.6767 develop and thrive in a world that presents them with many 1330 E. Greenshield Rd., Lake Orion unique and complex challenges) programs are offered. www.michigandnr.com Oakland Livingston Human Services Bald Mountain Recreation Area has some of the steepest hills and most rugged terrain in southeastern Michigan. Agency...... 248.209.2600 or 248.542.5860 Camping is limited to rustic cabins, but the extensive trails, Various locations inland lakes, trout streams and wild game provide recreation www.olhsa.org Educates, provides support and enables self-sufficiency for opportunities all year long. children and their families, including those with disabilities, Bay Court Park...... 248.625.8223 living in Oakland County. Grandparents Acting as Parents 6970 Andersonville Rd., Clarkston (GAP), Great Start Readiness Programs and Head Start. www.twp.independence.mi.us Bay Court Park is a wonderful historic landmark that as been Play-Away...... 248.790.6547 designed to meet the growing needs of our community. The Royal Oak: Churchill Community Ed. Center park is open every day with the exception of New Year’s 707 Girard, Royal Oak Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Amenities include: West Bloomfield: West Bloomfield Community Ed. community built playscape, disc golf and bathrooms. 5810 Commerce Rd., West Bloomfield, MI 48324 Bay Court Park Beach is open weather permitting, www.playawayonline.com Explore. Discover. Grow. Playaway is a community-based program offering a variety of classes and activities for children ages one to five years old. Various open play gym times and mom and tot classes are offered. Page 14 Bear Creek Nature Park...... 248.651.7810 Civic Center Park...... 248.391.0304 740 West Snell Rd., Rochester 2525 Joslyn Rd., Lake Orion www.oaklandtownship.org www.orion.lib.mi.us/locin/parks.asp Gravel parking lot, picnic pavilion, grills, playground, ADA Come over and play on our cool ADA accessible playground accessible limestone trails, boardwalks and observation complete with a Dragon slide. Join a sports league and decks, portable toilet. utilize the park’s seven soccer fields and four baseball/ softball fields. We also have a sand volleyball court and two Bloomer Park...... 248.656.4753 basketball courts. Picnic areas and grills are available for a 345 John R. Rd., Rochester Hills summer get-together. The park also has a walking path and www.rochesterhills.org nature trail, perfect for a morning or evening jog. 200-acre park with shelters, picnic areas and grills available. Play structures, velodrome, reservable cricket field, sledding/ Clintonwood Spray Park...... 248.625.8223 tobogganing hill (heated restroom available), volleyball nets, 6000 Clarkston Rd., Clarkston horseshoe pits, hiking/mountain bike trails, historic features, www.twp.independence.mi.us modern restrooms (seasonal), picnicking, mountain biking, All users will need to sign in and wear a wristband. Please cross-country skiing (non-groomed trails). Pets must be on a bring ID with you for residency verification. Bathroom 6-foot leash and under immediate control. facilities are limited, so come dressed in your suit and don’t forget to bring a towel! All users are required to take a Boulan Park...... 248.524.3484 shower before entering the Spraypark. Pavilions are available West side of Crooks Rd., between Big Beaver and for rent on evenings and weekends. Call for availability. Wattles Roads, Troy Clintonwood Park is 120 acres of open space. The park www.troymi.gov is open every day with the exception of New Year’s Day, Boulan Park offers a wide variety of recreation facilities Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The park features a fitness including ball diamonds, lighted tennis courts, soccer trail, basketball, 4 square and tennis courts, playground and fields, lacrosse field, sand volleyball courts, barrier-free spraypark, baseball, softball and soccer fields, in-line skating play structures, paved walking path; also picnic shelters, rink, volleyball and horseshoes. restrooms and concession stand operating in season and parking for up to 451 vehicles. Boulan Park is home to two Deer Lake Beach...... 248.625.8223 major community celebrations: the annual Magic of Fall / 350 White Lake Rd., Clarkston Troy Daze Festival and the annual Family Festival. www.twp.independence.mi.us Deer Lake Beach is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Catalpa Oaks...... 248.858.0916 weather permitting. Please call for hours. Trained Life- 27725 Greenfield Rd., Southfield guards supervise the beach. Fees are charged for both the www.destinationoakland.com beach and boat launching facilities. Swimming lessons are Nearly 25 acres of open space in Southfield. Park currently held throughout the summer. Park rules are posted at each features six soccer fields, a baseball diamond and softball entrance. Please remember that all Township facilities are al- field. Fields are reserved by permit. cohol free and that all pets must be leashed at all times when using any park facility. Central Park...... 248.651.7810 Main St. (between Huron St. & Liberty St.), Milford Dodge #4 State Park...... 248.682.7323 www.villageofmilford.org 4250 Parkway Dr., Waterford 12-acre site in the heart of the community, within easy www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails walking distance of the downtown district. The Huron River A sandy beach and a one-mile shoreline on Cass Lake makes and Pettibone Creek provide a scenic backdrop enjoyed Dodge #4 State Park an excellent location for summer and by the many visitors to the park. Picnic area, tennis court, winter water activities. The land which now comprises basketball courts and playscape. Dodge #4 State Park was donated to the State of Michigan by the Dodge Brothers Corporation in 1922, under the Children’s Play Farm ...... 248.796.4600 stipulation that it always be maintained as a public park. Inglenook Park, 20901 Twelve Mile Rd., Southfield www.boundlessplaygrounds.org Donald J. Flynn Park...... 248.524.3484 This playground is one of many throughout Michigan built Southwest corner of South Blvd. and Dequindre, with a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Troy and many other supporters. Boundless Playgrounds helps www.troymi.gov communities create extraordinary playgrounds where all Flynn Park, nestled in the northeast corner of Troy, includes children, with and without disabilities, can develop essential four lighted ball diamonds, play structure, restrooms, and a skills for life as they learn together through play. concession stand in season. Parking is available for up to 285 vehicles.
Page 15 Earl E. Borden Park...... 248.656.4797 Highland Oaks...... 248.858.0906 1400 E. Hamlin Rd., Rochester Hills 6555 Milford Rd., Highland www.rochesterhills.org (click on parks) www.destinationoakland.com This 143-acre sports complex offers ball fields, soccer fields, Park features 264 acres of picturesque rolling hills, wetlands tennis and basketball courts, batting cages, roller hockey and old pastures. Preserves sensitive habitat while providing rinks, picnic tables and playground. Pets permitted on six recreational experiences in a natural setting. Park is foot leash. undeveloped but hiking, mountain biking and cross-country skiing are allowed on 1.5 mile trail. Firefighters Park...... 248.524.3484 North side of Square Lake Rd., between Crooks Highland Recreation Area...... 248.889.3750 Rd., and Coolidge Highway, Troy 5200 E. Highland Rd., White Lake www.troymi.gov www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails Firefighters Park offers a mix of open space and wooded Highland Recreation Area offers 5,900 acres of forest, areas with a section of the Rouge River running through the marshes and lakes in the rolling hills of Southern Michigan. north end and along its east border. Amenities include soccer With trails to accommodate equestrian riders, mountain fields, a barrier-free play structure, ball diamond, eighteen- bikers, hikers and skiers, there’s an activity for every season hole disc golf course, sand volleyball courts, picnic shelter, in this park. Three different day-use areas provide ample shore fishing, restrooms and concession stand operated space for picnics, swimming, horseshoes or volleyball. during scheduled soccer games. Shore fishing only. State of Access sites are located on four lakes for fishing and Michigan fishing license required. recreational boating.
Friendship Park...... 248.391.0304 Holly Recreation Area...... 248.634.8811 3380 Clarkston Rd., Lake Orion 8100 Grange Hall Rd., Holly www.orion.lib.mi.us/locin/parks.asp www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails Get together with family and friends at this 137 acre park. 8,000 acres of rolling woodlands and open fields. Michigan There is a majestic children’s play structure, two full-size State Park Explorer Program. Playground, swimming, soccer fields, four baseball/softball fields, walking paths, fishing, picnic area, hiking, biking, concessions, camping. and open space. The historic Porritt Barn was relocated to Friendship Park in 2000. Independence Oaks...... 248.625.0877 9501 Sashabaw Rd., Clarkston Glen Oaks...... 248.851.8356 www.destinationoakland.com 30500 13 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills Miles of marked nature and ski trails, including paved River www.destinationoakland.com Loop, All-Visitors and Hawk’s View Trails, bike and blade 18-hole par 70 course with challenging par 3 holes crossing pathway, picnicking, hiking, fishing, swimming, nature study streams with rolling terrain and youth group camping. Picnic areas and shelters for group rental include ball field, sand volleyball courts, playground Groveland Oaks...... 248.634.9811 equipment, horseshoes pits. Tony Filippis Memorial 14555 Dixie Highway, Holly Garden and wheelchair-accessible gazebo shelter adjacent www.destinationoakland.com to Twin Chimneys area with view of Crooked Lake; non- Park hosts the largest children’s playscape in the Oakland motorized boat launch and seasonal rowboat, canoe, kayak County Parks system! Features include: sandy beach and and paddleboat rentals on Crooked Lake, nature center with swimming on Stewart Lake, spiraling waterslide splashes interactive exhibits and interpretive programs. Platform tents, down into the lake, concessions and a bathhouse building, shelter, fire circle, bathhouse and more! Campers can access rowboat, paddleboat and kayak rentals, specialty bike the park’s nature center, trails and (in season) swimming, rentals, paved Thread Creek Trail (3/4 mile), 18-hole mini boating and fishing. Cross-country skiing, ski rental, ice golf course and skateboard area, three islands for group skating, ice fishing, warming shelters and vending machines. outings and parties. Campground includes individual modern sites, group camping areas, cabins and organized activities Indian Springs Metropark...... 248.625.7280 and entertainment for campers 5200 Indian Trail, White Lake www.metroparks.com Heritage Park...... 248.536.5617 Indian Springs Metropark encompasses 2,215 acres of 24725 Farmington Rd., Farmington Hills parkland at the headwaters of the Huron River. Much of the www.ci.farmington-hills.mi.us park is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Available at this 211-acre park are 4.5 miles of trails for natural environment. Park features an 18-hole regulation golf hiking and nature study. Winter trails are for cross-country course, an Environmental Discovery Center, a nature center, skiing. A large picnic area located at the north end of the a paved hike-bike trail, hiking trails and picnic areas. Park park includes: group picnic shelter, youth playground, hosts an 18-hole regulation golf course, the Environmental in-ground grills, two sand volleyball courts, an in-line Discovery Center with an underwater pond viewing room, hockey rink and six horseshoe pits. During the winter, the a nature center, paved hike-bike trail, scenic picnic areas, department maintains the pond near Farmington Rd., for ice volleyball and horseshoe pits. Spray ’n’ Play, Adventure skating. Also located in Heritage Park are the Visitor Center, maze, rock-climbing wall and a tot lot. In the winter, ski Day Camp, Nature Center and Studio-Stables buildings. nearly 12 miles of trails or sled. Page 16 Jaycee Park...... 248.524.3484 Ortonville Recreation Area...... 810.707.4439 North side of Long Lake Rd., between Rochester 5779 Hadley Rd., Ortonville Rd., and John R, Troy www.michigandnr.com www.troymi.gov 5,400 acres containing wooded hills. Playground, swimming, Jaycee Park provides a variety of recreational facilities fishing, picnic area, archery, hiking, bridle trails, biking, including two ball diamonds, two full-size and six small camping. soccer fields, sand volleyball court, two barrier-free play structures, picnic shelter, restrooms (in season) and paved Pontiac Lake Recreation Area...... 248.666.1020 parking to accommodate up to 200 vehicles. 7800 Gale Rd., Waterford www.michigandnr.com Kensington Metropark...... 248.685.1561 3,800 acres of rolling woodland terrain. Michigan State Park 2240 W. Buno Rd., Milford Explorer Program. Playground, swimming, fishing, picnic www.metroparks.com area, archery range, hiking, bridle trails, biking, concessions, Kensington Metropark is a 4,357-acre recreational facility. camping. Home to the annual Quake on the Lake Inboard Its wooded hilly terrain surrounds beautiful Kent Lake. Park Hydroplane races held in July. features an 18-hole regulation golf course, disc golf course, nature center, farm learning center, picnic areas, beaches, Proud Lake Recreation Area...... 248.685.2433 boat rentals and a paved hike-bike trail. Wooded, hilly 3500 Wixom Rd., Commerce terrain surrounds beautiful Kent Lake. Biking and boating to www.michigandnr.com cross-country skiing and tobogganing. 1,200-acre Kent Lake 4,700 acres located on the Huron River. Michigan State Park offers: swim beaches, get soaked at the Splash ‘n’ Blast, or Explorer Program, swimming, fishing, canoeing, picnicking, just spend the day fishing, boating or picnicking along the bridle trails, biking, concessions. water. Take a tour aboard the Island Queen II. Raintree Park...... 248.524.3484 Lyon Oaks...... 248.437.7345 North side of Square Lake Rd., between Crooks 52251 Pontiac Trail, Wixom Rd., and Coolidge Highway, Troy www.destinationoakland.com www.troymi.gov Park features include a 13-acre, fenced dog park for dogs Raintree Park is half wooded and half open space. On its and their owners, day-use area includes 3.6 miles of hiking grounds you will find a nine-hole disc golf course, ball trails, a picnic shelter, playground and recreation fields, diamond, soccer field, two barrier-free play structures, picnic nature center features exhibits, programs for the public, shelter, and sand volleyball court. Restrooms are available scouts and school groups. Arthur Hills-designed 18-hole seasonally and site has paved parking for up to 126 vehicles. golf course and driving range. Discover the exciting sport of Red Oaks Waterpark...... 248.585.6990 Geocaching at the Lyon Oaks! 1455 East 13 Mile Rd., Madison Heights Oakland County Parks www.destinationoakland.com and Recreation...... 1.888.OCPARKS Open Memorial Day through Labor Day. Waterpark features: www.destinationoakland.com Soak Station, Spray and Play, River Ride, Triple Turn, DestinationOakland.com is a site for residents and visitors Terrific Tides with wave action pool. Free tubes and deck alike. It provides a gateway to all there is to see and do chairs, barrier-free access to wave pool, picnic area, swim in Oakland County, Michigan, from our scenic recreation lessons, children’s playground. Kids enjoy the Soak Station, areas to our vibrant downtowns. Find information about children’s water playground with 68 features, including natural areas and resources to help you protect and enjoy the water jets, curtains and slides, plus bubbler jets and a six-foot environment. More than 6,000 acres of natural landscapes tipping bucket; must be 56” or shorter and be accompanied and outdoor recreation for Oakland County residents. The by an adult. Spray & Play, a water play area for toddlers, 13 Oakland County Parks offer a wide variety of year-round with 15 water jets and bubblers at zero depth. Other water recreation opportunities ranging from camping, hiking, park features include: Triple Turn, a triple-flume waterslide swimming, boating, golfing and picnicking to cross-country and Terrific Tides wave-action pool. skiing, ice skating and ice fishing. Rose Oaks...... 248.858.0906 Orion Oaks...... 248.858.0906 1132 Fish Lake Rd., Rose Township Clarkston Rd., between Baldwin and Joslyn Rds., www.destinationoakland.com Lake Orion Rose Oaks Park preserves 637 acres of gently rolling open www.destinationoakland.com meadows and wooded uplands, including approximately 200 Orion Oaks County Park preserves more than 927 acres of acres of valuable wetlands and frontage on several glacial environmentally-sensitive green space. Dog Park entrance lakes within the site. Three ecosystems for education and on Joslyn Rd. Fishing on 90-acre Lake Sixteen; wheelchair- preservation purposes. Park is undeveloped, but fishing and accessible fishing pier at Joslyn Rd. entrance. Swimming is hiking are allowed. prohibited. Small boat launch for non-motorized boats, ten miles of trails for hiking and mountain biking, wheelchair- accessible fishing dock. Discover the exciting sport of Geocaching and the Orion Oaks Dog Park. Page 17 Sashabaw Plains Park...... 248.625.8223 Waterford Oaks Waterpark...... 248.858.0918 5620 Maybee Rd., Clarkston 1712 Scott Lake Rd., Waterford www.twp.independence.mi.us www.destinationoakland.com Sashabaw Plains park is a 15-acre park that is open during Open Memorial Day through Labor Day. Waterpark the year from April through October 31. The park features features: Tropical theme with shallow-end bubbler fountains, a community built playground, baseball fields, horseshoes, Slidewinder water slide, wave action pool, Big Bucket four square and basketball courts, volleyball, picnic areas, children’s water playground features giant tipping bucket, and bathroom facilities. Ragin’ Rapids-a group raft ride starts at a height of three stories; carries riders 515 feet and ends in a three foot deep Shiawassee Park...... 248.474.5500 splash down pool, barrier free access to wave pool, bathhouse 32340 Shiawassee St., Farmington with lockers, picnic area and swim lessons. Tropical-theme www.ci.farmington.mi.us wave pool includes palm trees and shallow-end bubbler Shiawassee Park is an attractive venue to bring your family fountains. The bottom surfaces of the water features include to for a variety of different activities. Shiawassee Park sand particles for foot traction. Guests may wish to bring features four baseball/softball diamonds, a large playscape, water shoes for small children, or those with sensitive feet. two tennis courts, and several covered eating areas. White Lake Oaks...... 248.698.2700 Seven Lakes State Park...... 248.634.7271 991 Williams Lake Rd., White Lake 14390 Fish Lake Rd., Holly www.destinationoakland.com www.michigandnr.com Scenic, 18-hole, par 70 course. Well-manicured, player- 230 acres of water with miles of shoreline. Playground friendly layout with front nine open and back nine tight with (accessible), beach house, swimming, canoeing, picnicking, wetlands and woodlands. hiking, biking, concessions and fishing available. Wing Lake School Springfield Oaks...... 248.634.7899 Boundless Playground...... 248.341.7900 12451 Andersonville Rd., Davisburg 6490 Wing Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills www.destinationoakland.com www.boundlessplaygrounds.org Large activity center, home of annual Oakland County 4-H This playground is one of many throughout Michigan built Fair, Community Garden. Springfield Oaks County Park is with a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation home to the annual Oakland County Fair, the historic Ellis and many other supporters. Boundless Playgrounds helps Barn, the Springfield Oaks Golf Course and a Community communities create extraordinary playgrounds where all Service Garden. Community Garden produces food for the children, with and without disabilities, can develop essential Food Bank of Oakland County as well as flowers and tree skills for life as they learn together through play. seedlings for use at the parks.
Waterford Oaks...... 248.858.0913 2800 Watkins Lake Rd., Waterford Recreational Activities www.destinationoakland.com Airtime Trampoline Bicycle motocross track, court games complex, four miles and Game Park...... 248.918.0909 of hiking trails, activity center, water park, sand volleyball, 662 East Big Beaver Rd., Troy children’s playground and outdoor fitness equipment and www.airtimetrampoline.com picnic shelters. Waterford Oaks is a 185-acre park. Miles of 31,000 square foot trampoline zone and arcade. Kids love the hiking trails, including 1.5 miles paved trails. Geocaching trampolines at AirTime and AirTime accomodates all ages for available! Paradise Peninsula Playscape: Children can parties, field trips, open bounce times, dodge ball and more! discover Michigan’s wonders and learn about the Great Lakes State through simulated rock, water and fossil Gymboree...... 1.800.520.PLAY (7529) features. The play structure includes: a cabin, simulated 248.651.2197 - 643 South Adams Rd., Birmingham tree fort, sand dunes area, marsh challenge course, raised 248.651.2197 - 1900 South Livernois Rd., Rochester sand play area and climbing structures and rubberized www.gymboreeclasses.com surfaces The playground was designed to address issues of Classes offered to newborns – age four. Enjoy playing and accessibility and promote inclusive play. The project meets interaction with other children and parents. requirements set by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Inflatable Spaces...... 248.288.5888 5160 Meijer Dr., Royal Oak http://inflatableplayspaces.com Inflatable Playspaces offers inflatable bouncers of all kinds to rent but they also have open bounce times to bring the kids to for inflatable bouncehouse fun!
Page 18 The Jewish Community Center of Sportway...... 248.683.9200 Metropolitan Detroit 4355 Highland Rd., Waterford D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building - Eugene & Marcia www.sportway.co Applebaum Jewish Sportway has attractions that appeal to all ages. Sportway Community Campus...... 248.661.1000 offers Go-Kart rides, adventure miniature golf, baseball and 6600 W. Maple Rd., W. Bloomfield softball batting cages, Eurobungy, and a party facility. Jimmy Prentis Morris Building - A. Alfred Taubman Take Me Fishing Jewish Community Campus...... 248.967.4030 www.takemefishing.org 15110 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park Website featuring information on licenses, fish, boater’s www.jccdet.org safety and assistance on finding fishing spots in Michigan. Each facility provides a place for people of all ages with a place to socialize, participate in sports and recreation, receive Upland Hills Family Day...... 248.628.1611 a quality Jewish education, attend a variety of cultural events 481 Lake George Rd., Oxford and more. Whether you want to work out, attend a cultural www.uplandhillsfarm.com event, spend quality time with your family or celebrate a Activities include: hayride, milking the cow, visiting all the holiday, the JCC has programs for all ages and interests. animals, and pony rides. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy a day at Upland Hills Farm. Jungle Java...... 248.919.3284 27658 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills YMCA www.junglejavaplay.com/farmington www.ymcadetroit.org Indoor play center where kids can play and parents can relax! There’s something for everyone at the YMCA. From Let the kids run wild while you enjoy some time with friends aerobics to aquatics, child care to camp, the YMCA has it all. or play along with your kids in the jungle-themed indoor Discover the variety of programs the Y offers for any interest, playground. Toddlers can enjoy a separate area designed just age, ability. Call for programming schedules. for them. Jungle Java is a favorite for birthday parties while Birmingham Family YMCA...... 248.644.9036 also catering to the public. Open seven days a week. 400 E. Lincoln St., Birmingham Carls Family YMCA...... 248.685.3020 Planet Rock...... 248.334.3904 300 Family Dr., Milford 34 Rapid St., Pontiac Farmington Family YMCA...... 248.553.4020 www.planet-rock.com 28100 Farmington Rd., Farmington Offering 13,500 square feet of indoor climbing wall fun North Oakland Family YMCA...... 248.370.YMCA making it the perfect place to play indoors when the weather 3378 E. Walton Blvd., Auburn Hills is too cold outside. Planet Rock Climbing Gym is ideal South Oakland Family YMCA...... 248.547.0030 for kids and adults. There is safety equipment rental and 7300 Hickory Ridge Rd., Holly experienced staff on hand. YMCA Camping Services...... 248.887.4533 Pump It UP! 1016 East Eleven Mile Rd., Royal Oak 248.375.1100 - 1720 Opdyke Ct. Auburn Hills ZapZone 248.374.2222 - 28373 Beck Rd., Unit H, Wixom 31506 Grand River, Farmington...... 248.471.6777 www.pumpitupparty.com You and your child are invited to come and play on our giant, 3653 Highland Ave., Waterford...... 248.706.7777 soft, fun-filled interactive inflatables during Pump It Up Pop- www.zap-zone.com In Playtime. Promote social development and physical fitness Laser tag, glo-golf, mini-bowling, arcade action, go-karts, while bouncing, sliding, climbing and jumping at Pump It and much more! Up! Enjoy meeting other parents and making new friends in a safe, clean, climate-controlled environment!
Rochester Play!...... 248.650.PLAY 210 West University Rd., Suite 3, Rochester www.rochesterplay.com Offering drop in child-care and open play at their beautiful play center. Enjoy free wi-fi, coffee, smoothies and more while kids enjoy the indoor fun!
Shalom Street...... 877.SHALOM.3 6600 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield www.shalomstreetmuseum.org Families can experience street performances in the Town Center; connect to nature through live animals, a waterfall, and a climbing tree.
Page 19 Lakeland Arena...... 248.666.1910 Skating 7330 Highland Rd., Waterford Public skating sessions are main attractions in Oakland www.lakelandarena.com County. Skating provides great exercise and an opportunity Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, food and drink, to get out of the house. Lace-em up and come join the others. pro shop, skating lessons, hockey clinics/camps, hockey Call ahead to ensure availability during the season you tournament. choose to visit. Novi Ice Arena...... 248.347.1010 Bonaventure Family 42400 Arena Dr., Novi Skating Center ...... 248.476.2200 www.noviicearena.com 24505 Halsted Rd., Farmington Hills Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, parties and events, www.bonaventureskate.com stick time, pickup hockey, food and drink, pro shop, skating Skating lessons, open skates, school skates, birthday parties lessons, hockey clinics/camps, hockey tournament. and more! Be sure to check our Facebook page and website for special deals including FREE skating times and specials! Onyx Rochester Ice Arena ...... 248.601.6699 52999 Dequindre Rd., Rochester Berkley Ice Arena www.onyxicearena.com Ice Skating Rink...... 248.658.3460 Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, parties and events, 2300 Robina Ave., Berkley stick time, pickup hockey, food and drink, skating lessons, www.berkleymich.org/parks_arena.shtm hockey clinics/camps, hockey tournament. Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, parties, events, pickup hockey, food and drink, skating lessons, and sessions. Orion Oaks...... 248.858.0906 Clarkston Rd., Orion Township Birmingham Ice Sports Arena www.destinationoakland.com Ice Skating Rink...... 248.530.1642 Hiking ice skating, ice fishing and snowshoeing. 2300 E. Lincoln St., Birmingham www.ci.birmingham.mi.us/index.aspx?page=799 Rolladium Roller Skating Rink...... 248.674.0808 4475 Highland Rd., Waterford Detroit Skating Club ...... 248.332.3000 http://waterfordrolladiumcenter.com 888 Denison Ct., Bloomfield Speed skating, public sessions, parties and events, skating www.dscclub.com lessons, inline skating, figure skating Hockey, figure skating, pickup hockey, food and drink, pro shop, skating lessons, hockey clinics/camps, hockey Skate World Of Troy ...... 248.689.4104 tournament. 2825 East Maple Rd., Troy www.skateworldtroy.com Farmington Hills Ice Arena ...... 248.478.8800 Public sessions, parties and events, jam skating, food, drink, 35500 West 8 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills pro shop, lessons, inline skating, figure skating, freestyle. www.fhhahockey.org Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, parties and events, Southfield Sports Arena...... 248.796.4640 stick time, pickup hockey, food and drink, pro shop, skating 26000 Evergreen Rd., Southfield lessons, hockey clinics/camps, hockey tournament. www.cityofsouthfield.com
Independence Oaks...... 248.625.0877 St. Mary’s Ice Arena ...... 248.706.4200 9501 Sashabaw Rd., Clarkston 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake www.destinationoakland.com www.orchardlakeschools.com Ice skating and ice fishing on Crooked Lake. No sledding Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, parties and events, hills in park. Heated concessions with vending machines, food and drink, skating lessons, hockey clinics/camps, hockey warming shelter with fireplaces and restrooms. tournament.
JCC Inline Hockey Center ...... 248.432.5584 Suburban Ice-Farmington Hills...... 248.888.1400 6600 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield 23996 Freeway Park Dr., Farmington Hills www.inlinehockeycenter.org www.suburbanicefarmingtonhills.com Hockey, public sessions, parties and events, pickup hockey, Hockey, public sessions, parties and events, stick time, pickup food and drink, pro shop, skating lessons, hockey clinics/ hockey, food and drink, skating lessons, hockey clinics/ camps, inline skating. camps, hockey tournament.
John Lindell Ice Arena...... 248.246.3950 Total Sports Complex ...... 248.669.9831 1403 Lexington Blvd., Royal Oak 30990 Wixom Rd., Wixom www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us/rec/ice.html www.totalsportscomplex.com Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, parties and events, Hockey, pickup hockey, food and drink, skating lessons, stick time, pickup hockey, food and drink, pro shop, skating hockey clinics/camps, inline skating, hockey tournament. lessons, hockey clinics/camps, hockey tournament.
Page 20 Troy Sports Center ...... 248.689.6600 Bloomfield Township 1819 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy Police Department...... 248.433.7724 www.troysports.com 4200 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township Hockey, figure skating, public sessions, parties and events, www.bloomfieldtwp.org “click on Services” pickup hockey, food and drink, pro shop, skating lessons, The Police Department would appreciate the opportunity hockey clinics/camps, hockey tournament. to give you a tour of the station. Large groups can be accommodated. Officers are available to speak at community Viking Arena ...... 248.546.5700 meetings. Call to arrange for a tour or speaker. 1555 East Woodward Heights, Hazel Park www.hazelpark.org Fly Balloons...... 248.681.8184 Hockey, public sessions, parties and events, stick time, www.flyballoons.net pickup hockey, food and drink, hockey clinics/camps, Tour Oakland County by hot air balloon! We provide sunrise hockey tournament. and sunset flights. We would like to invite you to join us and our family in the wonderful sport of hot air ballooning. Zero Gravity Skate Park...... 248.673.7177 Michigan is one of the most interesting places in the country 1585 Crescent Lake Rd., Waterford to see from the air, and we know that you will have a great http://zerogravitysk8.com experience with memories that will last a lifetime. 17,000 square-foot skating floor, ramps covered with skate light, over 13 ledges and hand rails, real street obstacles. Great Harvest Bread Company 1137 S. Adams Rd., Birmingham...... 248.594.0505 3376 E. W. Maple Rd, Commerce Twp.,.....248.926.9848 . Story Times www.greatharvest.com Also see Libraries Calling all kids and parents! Ever wonder what it’s like to be Many bookstores offer children’s story times. a baker? Come take a tour of a Great Harvest Bakery! Check Contact bookstore for available events. out our locations. Most bakeries schedule free group tours. Just call and ask! Barnes and Noble www.barnesandnoble.com Oakland County Circuit Court...... 248.452.2159 2800 S. Rochester Rd., Roch. Hills...... 248.853.9855 1200 North Telegraph Rd., Pontiac 500 South Main St., Royal Oak...... 248.336.9490 http://www.oakgov.com/courts/circuit 396 John R. Rd., Troy...... 248.577.5056 Tours are to be scheduled for weekday mornings between 6800 Orchard Lk. Rd., W. Bloomfield.... 248.626.6804 9:00 AM and 12:00 noon. Tours are not held on Wednesdays due the high volume of traffic in the courthouse. Group size must be limited to 25 individuals, with a minimum of one Tours chaperone for every 10 children attending. Children under 18 Birmingham Fire Department...... 248.646.1127 are not permitted to observe Criminal Sexual Conduct cases. www.ci.birmingham.mi.us Royal Oak 44th District Court...... 248.246.3648 The Birmingham Fire Department welcomes tours of the 400 East 11 Mile Rd., Royal Oak stations and the trucks. The Adams Fire Station is located at www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us/court/index.html 572 S. Adams and the Chesterfield Fire Station is located at The court encourages the community to learn more about 1600 W. Maple. its operation and jurisdiction through special arrangements. Bloomfield Community Television Local schools bring groups of students for tours of the Studio...... 248.433.7790 facility, observing courtroom proceedings, and meeting with www.bloomfieldtwp.org “click on Services” judges. BCTV has a highly qualified production staff and a state- SOCRRA ...... 248.288.5150 of-the-art studio. Its facilities are available for tours and 3910 West Webster Rd., Royal Oak workshops. Volunteer workshops are held regularly to give www.socrra.org people the expertise needed to participate in community Plan a visit to SOCRRA’s Education Center at the Material television. Residents are welcome to bring their program Recovery Facility site and see how recyclables are sorted and ideas to BCTV and become involved in their production. baled! Tours are available for school groups, senior citizens, Bloomfield Fire garden clubs, environmental clubs, etc. Prevention Bureau...... 248.433.7746 West Bloomfield Corner of Andover and Exeter Fire Department ...... 248.409.1510 www.bloomfieldtwp.org “click on Services” 5425 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield The Fire Prevention Bureau arranges fire station tours www.twp.west-bloomfield.mi.us and school visits. An open house is held each year during To schedule a tour of a fire station for your group, visit the National Fire Prevention Week in October. station’s website or call directly.
Page 21 Wicker Basket Balloon Center...... 248.624.5137 Polly Ann Trail 50140 Pontiac Trail, Wixom www.pollyanntrailway.org www.wickerbasketballooncenter.com/ The Polly Ann Trail uses the abandoned P.O. & N. Railroad Wicker Basket Balloon Center invites you to enjoy a once corridor. This linear park traverses through some of the in a lifetime adventure in a hot air balloon. Enjoy the most beautiful and untouched landscape in northern spectacular sights of wildlife below and take in the silence Oakland County. It begins in Orion Township on Joslyn and of the sky. Your hour flight in a colorful hot air balloon will Indianwood Roads and continues northeast through Oxford create memories that last a lifetime. and Leonard to the Oakland/Lapeer County line at Bordman Rd. The Polly Ann Trail is a 14.2 mile long, non-motorized trail located in Oakland County Michigan in suburban Trails and Pathways Detroit. Trails and pathways have numerous health and fitness benefits for people of every age. Hiking is something family West Bloomfield Trail Network members can do together for life. Explore the great outdoors www.westbloomfieldparks.org“click on Parks” and teach your children what nature has to offer. West Bloomfield Trail Network is a Rails-to-Trail Project. This 28 acre linear park meanders for 4.25 miles through Clinton River Trail West Bloomfield, Orchard Lake, Keego Harbor and Sylvan www.clintonrivertrail.com Lake. The trail extends east through Sylvan Lake and The Clinton River Trail is a rail-trail stretching across 16 becomes the Clinton River Trail where further east it connects miles of central Oakland County, including the cities of to the Macomb Orchard Trail. Sylvan Lake, Pontiac, Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills and Rochester. It connects with the existing West Bloomfield trail to the west and the Macomb Orchard Trail to the east. Other Resources Headwaters Trail Absolute Michigan www.headwaterstrailinc.org www.absolutemichigan.com The proposed trails span several municipalities, including Absolute Michigan is “All Michigan, All the Time” - a the townships of Groveland, Holly, Rose, and Springfield, collection of links, features, news and information about the and the Village of Holly. state of Michigan. Add your link for free, visit a ton of other honest-to-goodness Michigan websites. Oak Route Trails www.destinationoakland.com The Bilingual Fun Co. LLC The emerging Oak Routes network of trails, pathways, and http://bilingualfun.com blueways traverses much of the 910 square miles of the Fun, free, easy printable activities for kids, free community county. Many of the sidewalks in the central, eastern, and events. southwestern portions of the county link neighborhoods to parks, schools, commercial districts and town centers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission rail trails in the northern, central and western portions of www.cpsc.gov the county serve as regional connectors to other areas in Product related injury or recall information. Free publications southeastern Michigan. These trails often link to park trails, regarding Health and Safety. Special “Kid Safety” character provide public access to rivers and streams and allow for section is geared to prevent unreasonable risks of injury to many recreational uses. children associated with products.
Paint Creek Trail Great Parents/Great Start...... 1.888.64.YOUTH www.paintcreektrail.org www.migreatparents.org The Paint Creek Trail is an 8.9 mile linear park, located in Check out Oakland County activities as well as resources on northeast Oakland County. It was the first Rail-to-Trail in the Great Parents link. the State of Michigan, as it was converted to a trail from Metro Parent Magazine the former Penn Central Railroad. Open to the public since www.metroparent.com 1983, the Paint Creek Trail receives over 100,000 visitors Family oriented magazine available at libraries and children’s annually. The non-motorized trail is eight feet wide, and stores, monthly suggestions for family activities. Camp and traverses through Rochester, Rochester Hills, Oakland summer programs guide available online as well as field trip Township, Orion Township and the Village of Lake Orion. resources.
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Page 22 Michigan State University Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum ...... 734.995.5439 MSU Extension ...... 248.858.0880 220 E. Ann St., Ann Arbor 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Building 26 East, Pontiac www.aahom.org www.oakgov.com/msu This hands-on museum is an interactive science museum Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) helps low- that is fun for all ages. The mission of the Ann Arbor Hands- income families acquire the knowledge and skills needed On Museum is to inspire people to discover the wonder of for their diet and health. Program instructors teach practical science, math and technology. skills in budgeting, healthful food choices and food safety using research-based curricula. Arts & Scraps...... 313.640.4411 16135 Harper, Detroit Safety City U.S.A...... 248.551.0100 www.artsandscraps.org Northwood Shopping Center, Woodward and Arts & Scraps is a Detroit non-profit organization that uses Thirteen Mile Roads, Royal Oak recycled industrial materials to help people of all ages and www.beaumontchildrenshospital.com/safety-city abilities think, create and learn. Hands-on safety education center, providing year-round programs for area residents created by Beaumont Hospital Binder Park Zoo...... 269.979.1351 and the Royal Oak Fire and Police departments. 7400 Division Dr., Battle Creek www.binderparkzoo.org Southeast Michigan Kids Eat Free! Adventure awaits you at Binder Park Zoo! Animals are www.southeastmichigankidseatfree.com exhibited in natural surroundings. The zoo features Wild Website identifies restaurants offering free or low-cost Africa, including a 17-acre savanna where one of the nation’s kids’ meals in Oakland, Wayne, Macomb, Monroe and largest giraffe herds roam. Washtenaw. Campus Martius Ice Rink...... 313.962.0101 Directory to Michigan’s festivals, fairs, 800 Woodward Ave., Detroit cultural events and destinations www.campusmartiuspark.org http://mfea.org Campus Martius Park is the result of a public/private sector partnership between the City of Detroit and the Detroit 300 Conservancy. Campus Martius Park has quickly become Cool Places to Visit an extraordinary public space where residents, workers and visitors come to relax, enjoy, play and celebrate Detroit. in Michigan Chelsea Milling ...... 734.475.1361 Pure Michigan 201 West North Street, Chelsea www.michigan.org www.jiffymix.com/index.php/tours Michigan’s official travel and tourism site. Request a free Chelsea Milling has been manufacturing their popular JIFFY travel guide and sign up for newsletter online. baking mixes since 1930. Visit this family-run company in Michigan and see their processing and packaging production. Abrams Planetarium ...... 517.335.4672 Tours last about one hour and consist of a slide presentation, www.pa.msu.edu/abrams refreshments and a walk through our packaging plant. The The Talbert and Leota Abrams Planetarium, on the Michigan tour is free; however, reservations are required in advance to State University campus, serves as an astronomy and space accommodate everyone. science education resource center for central Michigan. The planetarium is an outreach unit of the Department of Physics CJ Barrymore’s ...... 586.469.2800 and Astronomy, and as such, we support astronomy teaching 21750 Hall Rd., Clinton Township, MI on campus as well as offer a variety of planetarium shows to www.cjbarrymores.com the public, preschool through senior citizens. Miniature golf, a golf range and practice dome, an indy race track, an indoor arcade with an awesome redemption center, Air Zoo ...... 866.524.7966 laser tag, water wars, bowling lanes, a fully stocked bar and 6151 Portage Rd., Kalamazoo new outdoor patios. www.airzoo.org The Air Zoo is a highly-charged, multi-sensory atmosphere Crossroads Village and that goes beyond anything you’ve ever seen. It’s like no Huckleberry Rail Rd...... 1.800.648.PARK (7275) place else on Earth. Voted the “Best place to take out-of- 6140 Bray Rd., Flint towners” and “Best place to spend a day with your family,” www.geneseecountyparks.org/pages/crossRd.,s the Air Zoo features many amusement park-style rides, full- Capture the spirit of early communities in Michigan. See motion flight simulators, 4-D Missions Theater, as well as villagers at work and ride the 35-minute train excursion. For historical exhibits and educational activities. Mar Nature Preserve, paddlewheel riverboat rides available. Some activities are seasonal, call for more information.
Page 23 Detroit Historical Museum...... 313.833.1805 Domino’s Petting Farm...... 734.998.0182 5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr., Ann Arbor www.detroithistorical.org www.pettingfarm.com Over 80,000 square feet of exhibition space houses more than Domino’s Petting Farm is conveniently located in Ann Arbor, 600 historic artifacts in the heart of Detroit’s Cultural Center Michigan and is a perfect setting for people of all ages to district. Stroll through more than 300 years of metro Detroit learn about farming and farm animals. Come join us for a history, including a 19th century street scene known as The fun-filled day. Pet animals and enjoy a hayride. Walk down to Streets of Old Detroit, and an authentic auto assembly line our beautiful pond and feed our ducks or stroll around our 15 known simply as The Motor City. acres of open pasture and see animals in their natural habitat.
Detroit Institute of Arts ...... 313.833.7900 Dossin Great Lakes Museum 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit on Belle Isle ...... 313.852.4051 www.dia.org 100 Strand Dr., Belle Isle, Detroit Open your child’s eyes to the fascinating world of art with www.detroithistorical.org audio tours and guides designed especially for families. Visit Learn about shipping on the Great Lakes. Open Saturday and the Farnsworth entrance to pick up family guides and access Sunday 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM - free admission. audio tours. Drop-in art workshops, drawing in the galleries, storytelling, live music and family performances also provide Dow Gardens ...... 800.362.4874 engaging experiences for families. Sundays are dedicated to 1809 Eastman Avenue, Midland families with activities from puppet shows and theater to live www.dowgardens.org music and storytellers. The Dow Children’s Garden was built in 1999. It was designed to be an organic vegetable display garden and to Detroit Puppet Theater ...... 313.961.7777 educate children on where food comes from. The Children’s 25 E. Grand River, Detroit Garden is a very interactive garden. Guests are encouraged to www.puppetart.org sample the vegetables and pick a couple to take home. Puppet shows every Saturday afternoon at 2 PM; admission charge. All members of the PuppetART troupe are masters DTE Energy Music Theatre of puppetry art theater. PuppetART offers a repertoire of www.palacenet.com eight productions, including one created for adult audiences. Website features information for concerts, shows, sports Performances feature hand, rod, shadow, floor tabletop events, etc., for The Palace of Auburn Hills, DTE Energy and string or marionette puppets. All events at PuppetART Music Theatre and Meadow Brook Music Festival. combine a theater performance, a tour of the museum and a Eastern Market...... 586.393.8800 workshop in the studio. 2934 Russell, Detroit Detroit Riverfront Conservancy ...... 313.566.8200 www.easternmarket.org www.detroitriverfront.org Open year round. “Outside Farmer’s Market” is more than a The Detroit International Riverfront is a planned 5 ½ miles of century old. Saturday, 5:00 AM-5:00 PM. Market is closed public waterfront, linked by a continuous RiverWalk, parks, on Sundays, except for special events. plazas and green spaces. Exhibit Museum of Natural Detroit Children’s Museum...... 313.577.8400 History ...... 734.764.0478 6134 Second Avenue, Detroit 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor www.sciencedetroit.org/DCM.html www.lsa.umich.edu/ummnh/ Get ready to imagine, wonder, explore, create, laugh, learn, Planetarium shows are offered weekly on seasonal star talks play and do at the Detroit Children’s Museum! With a diverse and astronomy-related topics. Programs include dinosaur collection of over 100,000 artifacts, hands-on stations and tours every weekend, summer camp, scout programs, and planetarium demonstrations, we offer a unique look at world collaboration with local libraries. New exhibits open in the cultures, history, art and science. Fourth Floor Gallery and the Rotunda lobby. Scavenger hunts help focus self-guided exploration of the galleries. Detroit Symphony Orchestra ...... 313.576.5111 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit www.detroitsymphony.com Children ages 6+ are welcome to attend all classical, pops, jazz, special events and holiday concerts at The Max, provided that they are supervised by an adult. Every child must have a ticket. Children under six years of age will not be admitted. Children of all ages, however, are welcome at Young People’s and Tiny Tots concerts. Every child must have a ticket to these performances. Please, no babies in arms or strollers.
Page 24 Frederik Meijer Gardens Impression 5 Science Center...... 517.485.8116 and Sculpture Park...... 616.957.1580 200 Museum Dr., Lansing ...... Toll-Free: 888.957.1580 www.impression5.org 1000 East Beltline NE, Grand Rapids This hands-on learning environment challenges visitors to www.meijergardens.org experience, discover and explore the world in which they A visit to Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park can live through hands-on exhibits and participatory programs. be two, four, or eight hours depending upon the interest and Summer classes, birthday parties, science center store and detail one chooses to cover. There are many areas within more! Admission charge; children 3 and under free. Meijer Gardens to explore including the indoor gardens such as the tropical conservatory, Victorian, carnivorous, and Joe Dumars Fieldhouse arid gardens, as well as the outdoor areas like the Children’s 1120 West State Fair Ave., Detroit...... 313.368.0055 Garden, Michigan’s Farm Garden, seasonal gardens, our 45300 Mound Rd., Shelby Township..... 586.731.3080 world-class Sculpture Park and meandering nature trails www.joedumarsfieldhouse.com and boardwalk. Within many of these gardens activities for The Bayou Adventure is a 30,000 sq. ft. structure that families are sometimes offered depending on day and time. contains indoor interactive fun. Bayou Golf is comprised of 18 challenging holes that weaves its way past ponds, Flint Children’s Museum...... 810.767.KIDS (5437) waterfalls (one which you actually walk under) and 1602 West Third, Flint vegetation native to Joe’s home state of Louisiana. Bungee www.flintchildrensmuseum.org cord, laser tag, high ropes course, Cajun’ Cliffs Climbing The “Please Touch Museum” offers children arts and crafts, Wall, slot car raceway, and mini-bowling opportunity to drive a fire engine and build a tower. Children are encouraged to participate in activities. Junction Valley Railroad...... 989.777.3480 7065 Dixie, Bridgeport, MI 48722 Frankenmuth...... 1.800.FUN.TOWN www.jvrailRd.,.com www.frankenmuth.org The largest quarter-size railroad in the world! The entire Michigan’s “Little Bavaria.” Year round festivities, fantastic railroad is a display. All buildings, bridges, tunnels, trestles, food, shopping and entertainment, historical beauty and trains, etc., were designed, engineered, and built on-site by culture abound. William A. Stenger and family. Come ride on a two-mile train ride. Picnic area, playground, and pavilions. Greater Lansing Visitor’s Convention and Visitors Bureau Kalamazoo Valley Museum ...... 800.772.3370 www.lansing.org 230 North Rose St., Kalamazoo Looking for fun? Greater Lansing offers leisure http://kvm.kvcc.edu opportunities of nearly every kind. From upbeat action The Museum seeks to develop cultural, historical and to laid-back and lazy you’re sure to find something for scientific literacy through innovative exhibits, special everyone. See website to learn more about everything going exhibitions, planetarium programs, educational programs and on while you’re in town! weekend family events. Find out for yourself - browse this website, and come for a visit where you’re sure to find lots to Hall of Ideas, Midland Center see and do! for the Arts ...... 989.631.8250 1801 West St. Andrews Rd., Midland Kingman Museum of www.mcfta.org/ Natural History...... 616.965.5117 The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art is located 175 Limit St., Battle Creek inside Midland Center for the Arts and consists of an www.kingmanmuseum.org interactive and engaging science gallery (the Hall of Ideas) Natural history with a regional twist. Programs compliment and over 7,000 square feet of gallery space featuring the curriculum of the area school districts and enrich the changing visual art and science exhibitions to explore education of residents. Inexpensive family entertainment throughout the year. in a safe and fun environment. Stargazers, check out our planetarium! The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village ...... 313.982.6100 Michigan Kids 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn www.michigan.gov/kids www.hfmgv.org State of Michigan website featuring kid-friendly links, The nation’s largest indoor/outdoor history museum. Unique history, and language. educational experiences with 80 historical buildings and 12 acres of indoor exhibits. Enjoy a ride on a train, paddleboat or horse-drawn carriage.
Page 25 Michigan’s Adventure...... 231.766.3377 Potter Park Zoo ...... 517.483.4222 Muskegon 1301 South Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing www.miadventure.com www.potterparkzoo.org One ticket at Michigan’s Adventure unlocks a day of fun at Open year round, the Potter Park Zoological Gardens is a two amazing parks! Thrill to over 60 rides and attractions, 58-acre zoo located in the capital city of Lansing, Michigan including Michigan’s only suspended, looping coaster. Get set within Lansing’s Potter Park. With over 450 animal residents to get wet with 20 wild water rides. there is always something new and exciting to see. From special events to programs for children and adults, the Zoo Michigan Historical Museum...... 517.373.3559 offers family fun and enrichment year round. Explore the Zoo 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing and celebrate, study, and protect the diversity of animals and www.michigan.gov/museum their habitats. The building is accessible to those with mobility impairments. The flagship of the Michigan Historical Museum System, the The Scrapbox ...... 734.994.0012 Michigan Historical Museum offers you Michigan’s rich past, 581 State Circle, Ann Arbor from the time of the state’s earliest peoples to the late 20th http://scrapbox.org/wordpress1 century. Admission is free on Sundays. Come on in! The Scrap Box is a store filled with hundreds of interesting objects: ribbons; buttons; beads; paper; colorful Michigan State Capitol...... 517.373.2353 rip-stop nylon; sturdy paper tubes 6 inches long; bamboo-like www.michigan.gov sticks; yellow spongy cylinders; and little foam squigglies. Dedicated in 1879 and restored from 1989 to 1992, the Michigan State Capitol is open for tours five days a week Selfridge Military Air Museum by the Capitol Tour and Information Service. Guides readily and Air Park ...... 586.239.5035 answer questions about the restored Capitol and state 127 WG/MU, Selfridge ANGB government. Tours encompass the building’s public areas www.selfridgeairmuseum.org and include visits to the House and Senate galleries. Guides The Selfridge Military Air Museum and Air Park is open provide historical and contemporary information about the to the general public from April thru October on weekends, building and the legislative process. Guided tours are offered. Memorial Day, and Independence Day. Call for admission/tour times. Morley Candy Makers ...... 800.682.2760 23770 Hall Rd., Clinton Township Sloan Museum ...... 810.237.3450 www.sanderscandy.com 1221 East Kearsley St., Flint Morley Candy Makers free factory tour is perfect for all www.sloanmuseum.com ages. Video journey begins with the story of chocolate, how Regional history, historic automobiles and hands-on science chocolate is made and how Morley Candy Makers got its start are major features of the Sloan Museum. Science Discovery in Detroit, Michigan. After watching experts create treats in a Center allows children and adults to explore principles of 100 foot observation walkway, have a free sample and stop by chemistry and physics through exhibit and staff presentations. the candy and gift shop to put the finishing touch on your visit. Hometown Gallery invites visitors to explore the 19th century Self-guided walking tour down the 70-foot glass observation with interactive hands-on activities in three historic settings. hallway. Tour times vary with production schedules so Pierson Automotive Gallery presents major automotive advance reservations are required. exhibits featuring vehicles from the Sloan fleet of over 80 Flint-built automobiles. Dramatic settings, video programs Motown Museum ...... 313.875.2264 and hundreds of artifacts and photographs portray the area’s 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit tumultuous 20th century history in the Flint and the American www.motownmuseum.com Dream exhibit. Motown Historical Museum is one of Detroit’s most popular tourist destinations. Each year, the museum attracts thousands St. Joseph Mercy Health Exploration Station of visitors from across the nation and around the globe. The Exhibit Gallery ...... 734.398.7518 museum was founded in 1985 by Esther Gordy Edwards. St. Joseph Mercy Canton Health Center Its mission is to preserve the legacy of Motown Record 1600 S. Canton Center, Suite 10, Canton Corporation and to educate and motivate people, especially www.healthexplorationstation.com youth, through exhibitions and programs that promote the Imagine seeing real germs grow, and learning about body sys- values of vision, creativity and entrepreneurship. tems while playing a TV-style game show. Expect to spend 40- 60 minutes on the tour. No reservations are necessary. Adults Michigan Transit Museum...... 586.463.1863 must accompany anyone under the age of 18. See website or Joy Park, East of Gratiot, Mount Clemens call for groups, and programs offered and prices. Ask about www.michigantransitmuseum.org Families Free Days. Call in advance for updated information. The train leaves Joy Park for a 45-minute ride on a route laid around the turn of the century. It then served the sugar beet mill of Mt. Clemens (Franklin) Sugar Company. Today’s route includes small industrial developments, farmlands and suburban areas.
Page 26 Stony Creek Metropark...... 586.781.4242 Wright Museum of 4300 Main Park Rd., Shelby Township African American History...... 313.494.5800 www.metroparks.com 315 East Warren Ave., Detroit With 4,461 acres of prime recreational lands, this top rated www.thewright.org park’s hilly terrain surrounds beautiful 500-acre Stony Creek Exhibits and audiovisual presentations celebrate the heritage Lake. Biking, birding, boating, canoeing, cross-country sking, and culture of the African American. Detroit’s role in this disc golf, fishing, fitness trails, golfing, hiking, ice skating, heritage is portrayed in the museum’s core exhibit, “Of the ice fishing, nature center, picnicking, sledding, snowboarding, People: The African American Experience.” Admission swimming and tobogganing. charge; children and members are admitted free. Visit Detroit www.visitdetroit.com Website is a one-stop spot for what’s happening and things to do in Metro Detroit and surrounding communities.
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Page 27 Oakland County School Districts 1. Avondale School District 16. Madison District Public Schools 2. Berkley School District of Madison Heights 3. School District of the City of Birmingham 17. Novi Community School District 4. Bloomfield Hills School District 18. Oak Park School District 5. Brandon School District 19. Oxford Area Community School District 6. Clarenceville School District 20. School District of the City of Pontiac 7. Clarkston Community Schools 21. Rochester Community Schools 8. Clawson Public Schools 22. School District of the City of Royal Oak 9. Farmington Public School District 23. South Lyon Community Schools 10. Ferndale Public Schools 24. Southfield Public Schools 11. School District of the City of Hazel Park 25. Troy School District 12. Holly Area School District 26. Walled Lake Consolidated School District 13. Huron Valley School District 27. Waterford School District 14. Lake Orion Community School District 28. West Bloomfield School District 15. The Lamphere Schools
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