The Visitor Center

Hours:

  • Visitor Center is open from 10am - 4pm the first Sunday of each month, and on Saturdays for the remainder of the month.

  • Trails are open 8am to sunset daily except for holidays.

  • Restrooms are available for our visitors during normal hours.

  • The Nature Center is closed on school holidays.

Visits by Groups:

If you are visiting us with an organized group with over 10 people, we require the following: Groups of 10 people or more:

  • If you are visiting us with an organized group with 10 or more people, we require that you join a guided program by emailing Cass at carsenault@bloomfield.org .

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The Visitor Center and classrooms, erected in 2006 with the funding assistance of generous grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, feature interactive educational exhibits and seasonal displays that provide a wealth of information. The facility, parking lot, and pathways are barrier free. The Visitor Center, log cabins, and an outdoor amphitheater provide areas for meetings, classes, and programs.

Visiting the authentic 1800's homestead is an interesting trip back in time, and a favorite for youngsters! Docks, boardwalks, bridges, trail signs, picnic tables, and benches enhance a visitor's experience. The Center provides a lovely setting for people of all ages and from many communities to observe wildlife, improve their physical fitness, learn, or simply enjoy the beautiful and peaceful surroundings.

Feel free to walk our approximately 2.0 miles of nature trails and enjoy all that nature has to offer. Stop by to visit our resident deer, our red-tailed hawk and a great-horned owl. Be sure to relax by our pond where you may see some frogs or turtles!

It features a scenic, four-acre, inland pond that is home to an assortment of fish; a large variety of trees including stands of pine, hardwoods, and a sugar bush; and many native plants and wildflowers that decorate the rolling terrain left by prehistoric melting glaciers. A tributary of the Rouge River flows through the park-like area.

The grounds are crisscrossed with more than two miles of pleasant, wood-chipped, walking trails, and foster a safe habitat for a host of wildlife. Red fox, coyote, deer, mink, as well as a multiplicity of birds, amphibians, and reptiles have been observed. There are also special wildlife pens that contain orphaned deer and injured hawks and owls that can be observed up close.