Arthur Latham Park

My boyfriend and I came here last January. We didn’t wake up that morning with the intention of going; we were actually planning on going to Snowfest in Frankenmuth. But after being stuck on Main St for almost an hour with no hope of finding parking, we escaped Little Bavaria as fast as we could to avoid the rush of people. We drove away somewhat without a destination. It was a nice day, so I decided to look up “nature trail near me.” This is what came up in the search.

We weren’t expecting much, but what we did experience was certainly interesting. I’m assuming because it was mid January that the nature trails hadn’t really been touched in a while. I would say Blair Witch Project was inspired by these trails if I didn’t know better. We found a meadow with abandoned auditorium style seating, facing the center fire pit. Is that where the witches and wizards of Millington, Michigan meet? It was in my mind, that day. (The mages were even kind enough to have handicapped accessible seats!)

My favorite things were the “nature” and “fitness” signs. Not “nature trail continues this way,” just “nature.” Sometimes the directions were even more ambiguous. A sort of “choose your own adventure,” if you will.

We really got a kick out of the “fitness challenges” we came across. Even more bemusing were the sprawl of disc golf nets, the only thing that assisted is in figuring out which direction the “trail” was in. We somehow found our way to a small babbling brook. Which was actually a very nice place to have a picnic, or maybe a seánce. Or heck, maybe both!

Anyways, I thought the whole park had a sort of “Midwest Gothic” charm to it. It had equal parts “small town in Michigan” and “Stephen King-esque inspiration” to it. I’m sure it’s much less haunted in the summer.

Very nice park with trails- some of them are confusing and dead ends. Heard the frogs singing- it was 72 F out! Better than walking around town.

Nice little country park. Good for family gatherings. It has a couple of pavilions, rest rooms, playground for kids, fenced areas for horseshoes, nature trails, grills for cooking, a fenced in area for pets to run, and even a few campsites. It’s kept very clean. A nice park in a small town.

There’s a big dog park here. Our dogs love to run around, play and spend their energy. It would be nice to meet more dogs here and have an opportunity for our doggies to play together.

Cute little park. Trails can get real swampy so bring good hiking shoes and bug spray. Bathrooms aren’t bad, just double check there’s tp in there for you. Disc golfing holes too. Haven’t checked out that part yet but looks nice. Could be bad with losing your disc though cause seriously a lot of this park is swamp so be forewarned don’t use your favorite disc’s when going here. Think goldenrod(at least from what I’ve seen,again didn’t get to explore that part to much)