Olson Park
Olson Park in Ann Arbor is a family-friendly park featuring a playground, picnic areas, barbecue grills, basketball courts, and a dog park. The park offers wheelchair accessibility and amenities like restrooms and paved trails for hiking and biking. While the dog park is fenced, it’s relatively small and muddy after rain, and there’s only one combined dog area without separate sections for large or small dogs. The park is popular for cookouts, kids’ parties, and outdoor activities, although noise from the nearby highway may be noticeable in certain areas.
Reviews
The dog park here is quite small. I go to Swift Run Dog Park very often so I thought this dog park would be similar. But it’s a lot smaller and my dog was bored. However, the playground and pavilion are very near me and my husband and daughter enjoyed fishing at the pond. Overall, very nice park.
Nice playground area near paved trails. Bathrooms available. Great for families
We mostly explored the biking trails. They offer a good amount of climbs and drops but it is meant more for summer riding as the trails get muddy easily.
If you can block out the noise from the expressway next to the park, it’s a gorgeous bit of land, with tons of flowers for pollinators in the warm months. There’s a fenced dog park and walking and mountain bike trails, and a few courts to play ball.
The children’s playground has great climbers and a generous sand pit (with a digger and a sand table).
The pavilion is a great side to rent for parties. Especially kids parties as it’s right near the playground.
And yes, there are restrooms! I believe they are those composting types. No running water to wash hands but stocked with hand sanitizer. They are generally pretty clean too.
Nice park! Dog area is a mud pit after any rain and it would be great to have a large and small dog park instead of just one. The walk is nice except on the back part near the highway where it is very loud. Overall a nice place to have a cookout, play on the playground, or bring a well-behaved dog!