Barton Nature Area
Barton Nature Area is a beautiful and accessible park in Ann Arbor, featuring wheelchair accessible entrances and parking. It offers scenic hiking opportunities including hilly trails and a unique dam view. The park is kid-friendly with a climbing structure made of tree trunks and picnic tables for visitors. Dogs are welcome, making it a great spot for hiking with pets while enjoying nature and wildlife sightings. Though it is clean and well-maintained, the number of trash cans is limited, which may require carrying pet waste along the trails.
Reviews
Great place to stroll and take in nature. The dam is a great attraction as well!
Beautiful place to get the new experience if we go on Summer. It’s greenery and will have good view but if you go in winter particularly during snow time.. You will get some scary experience nobody will be there… Mostly less than 10 people while I go. But while seeing the frozen Dam view is a different and amazing experience
Up-and-coming developing walkway best viewed from a kayak
This place was nothing short of amazing. It was my first time, and while I wasn’t prepared for the hilly hike, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
So many awesome things to see too! Huge variety of mushrooms, wooly aphids, and so many birds and critters!
Hiked for 2 hours. Lovely.
I found this place on accident and I’m SO glad I did! It is beautiful, clean snd easy to navigate. The dam is very cool to see too. There is a unique climbing structure for kids, made of old tree trunks. My only complaint is that there aren’t many trash cans. Hiking with a dog, this makes it I pleasant to carry their waste for the whole trail.