Bird Hills Nature Area
Bird Hills Nature Area is a beautiful and serene park located in Ann Arbor, MI, perfect for hiking enthusiasts and families with kids. The park features shaded trails with moderate hills, well-maintained paths, and numerous resting spots. It is dog-friendly, allowing off-leash dogs, making it a great spot for pet owners. While parking is available at the Newport entrance, the area does not have wheelchair-accessible entrances, trash cans, or water fountains. The natural canopy offers plenty of shade, enhancing the peaceful experience of this nature preserve.
Reviews
Good balance of trails with many lines to choose. Diverse wildlife and lots of shaded areas to cool down. Get off your bootie and check it out!
A very lovely nature area with great hiking trails!
Took me a bit to find an entrance. Small parking lot (Newport entrance).
Beautiful place to hike, but very hilly. Kid & dog friendly, although there were many off leash dogs
The trails are qell kept and well marked. Entering from Newport entrance you will hear a lot of road noise at first. But it subsides after a few minutes, as you work your way into the interior of the preserve. There weren’t any trash cans in the preserve. So be prepared if your furry friend goes #2.
Just stunning trails with challenging elevations for runners! Parking is right by the trail entrance and there are multiple trail markers to show direction to nearest roads. The trails themselves are very well-kept with several fallen trees being moved out of trails or cut to keep the trail clear. I came across another person every 15 mins or so when going in the evening, but all were very polite and left the area feeling very serene and peaceful.
I’ve been hiking Bird Hills on and off since being a teenager. It’s a wonderful park to explore. The hills are nice, not strenuous, but give the muscles in your body reason to work. It’s shady even on sunny days. Classic benches and fallen trees give plenty of resting spots to just sit and listen to the various little birds singing the songs of the hills. Bird Hills is one of my favorites locally. Its mature forest is a canopy of getaway in a small but bustling city.