Good afternoon, the following state parks are plowing loops in their park or campgrounds this winter. The parks want to partner with local libraries and co-promote weekly walking groups at the parks. For example, a Friday “Mommy & Me”
walk at the park, followed by hot cocoa and story time at the library. Or a Winter Walkers/Silver Sneakers group who could walk at the park, then warm up with good book discussion at the library. For those places with a lot of snow, there are snowshoes that
could be used for a Snowshoe 101 program. Please contact Maia Turek, DNR Recreation Programmer at
turekm@michigan.gov or 989-225-8573 to participate.
Parks that will be plowing campgrounds, which make excellent winter walking opportunities:
-Bay City Recreation Area
-Rifle River Recreation Area (near West Branch)
-Keith J. Charters Traverse City State park
-Fayette Historic State Park (Garden Peninsula, UP)
-Waterloo Recreation Area (Portage Campground, Chelsea)
-Sleepy Hollow State Park (near Lansing0
-Straits State Park (St. Ignace)
-Fort Custer Recreation Area
-Mitchell State Park (Cadillac)
-Muskegon State Park
-PJ Hoffmaster State Park (Muskegon)
-Ludington State Park
-Maybury State Park (Northville)
-Burt Lake State Park (Indian River)
-Grand Haven State Park