Walking Group: April 2024 – Nature Parks & Preserves!
FREE | Thursdays at 6:00 pm |All ages and levels of fitness are welcome!
Join us on Thursdays at 6:00 pm to explore your community with a new route each week. Sign up to receive email notification of cancellation due to inclement weather.
April 4, 6pm: Ambassador Park & Red Oaks/Friendship Woods, Madison Heights
Park at Ambassador Park (600 E. 13 Mile Road, Madison Heights)
Two parks in one walk! We’ll meet at Ambassador Park near the tennis courts, then head east on Thirteen Mile to visit Red Oaks Nature Park, also known as Friendship Woods. We’ll explore the paved, wooded trails, then head back to walk a lap or two around Ambassador Park.
Distance: 2.5 – 3 miles.
April 11, 6pm: Stage Nature Center, Troy
6685 Coolidge Hwy, Troy (between South Blvd and Square Lake Road)
Discover the beauty of marsh lowlands, upland forests, grassy knolls, and thickets. Listen for the calls of native birds and be soothed by the calming sounds of the Rouge River headwaters as they trickle over rocks near the trails. Paths are a mix of woodchip, dirt, and boardwalk and we’ll have a couple of hills to climb! Distance: 1.5 – 3 miles.
April 18, 6pm: Hawk Woods Park, Auburn Hills
3799 Bald Mountain Road, Auburn Hills (south of Dutton and north of Shimmons)
Explore some of Hawk Woods’ 80 acres of woods, ponds, wetlands, and streams. We’ll take hilly paths that are a mix of limestone, grass, woodchips, and boardwalks – wear shoes or boots that can handle some mud! Distance: 2 – 4 miles.
April 25, 6pm: Woodall Neighborhood Park & Burgess-Shadbush Nature Trails, Shelby Twp.
Park at Woodall Neighborhood Park, 4550 River Bends Drive, Shelby Twp.
We’ll meet at Woodall Neighborhood Park; you’ll find parking on the south side of River Bends Drive, in the first lot on your right (between the baseball diamonds). We’ll walk the paved path around the neighborhood park, then explore the unpaved nature trail between the Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center and the Clinton River, conditions permitting.
Distance: 1.2 – 3 miles.
Email: info@thvmail.org | Call: 248-524-3570 | Visit: www.troyhistoricvillage.org
