Parks and Recreation Areas
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The city’s largest parks lie along the Saline River. Curtiss Park, south of W. Michigan, is 50 acres of rolling, grassy land that sits below Oakwood Cemetery. The green space continues north along the river for another 54 acres as Mill Pond Park. Both parks have picnic areas, pavilions, play areas, and opportunities for cross-country skiing; Mill Pond has soccer fields and a play structure. Four-acre Stonecliff Park is near the river at the end of Saline River Dr.
Two neighborhood parks provide play areas—Marlpool Park, in a subdivision just east of Old Creek Dr. and south of Michigan, and Risdon Park, on the corner of S. Ann Arbor and Pleasant Ridge.
Thirty-four-acre Tefft Park, at Woodland Dr. E. and Textile Rd., includes the Saline Recreation Center, a picnic area, a 5.5-acre natural area, an outdoor ice rink, a disc golf course, a sand volleyball court, and ungroomed cross-country ski trails. Both People’s Park (between S. Ann Arbor and Monroe) and Brecon Park (on N. Harris at Nichols) have basketball and tennis courts. People’s Park also has a 4-acre natural area, and Brecon Park offers nature trails. Near Willis and S. Ann Arbor, Canterbury Park has 4 acres of play and picnic areas. Across Willis is Wilderness Park, a 28-acre natural area with walking paths that overlook a pond, and good fishing, birding, and cross-country skiing. Other small parks are scattered throughout the city.
Sandra B. Richardson Park, 115 acres off Platt near Willis, is mostly undeveloped fields and woods with some rough trails and soccer fields. Mary J. McCann Park, off Warner north of Willis, is an undeveloped preserve with no public access.
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