Lake St. Clair Metropark

Lake St. Clair Metropark
Metro Beach

Sign along Black Creek welcoming boaters

Location within Metro Detroit

Type Regional park
Location Lower Peninsula, Macomb County, Michigan USA
Coordinates 42°34′32″N 82°47′57″W / 42.57569°N 82.7993°W / 42.57569; -82.7993Coordinates: 42°34′32″N 82°47′57″W / 42.57569°N 82.7993°W / 42.57569; -82.7993
Area 770 acres
Created 1950
Operated by Huron–Clinton Metroparks
Status Open year round
Website Official site

Lake St. Clair Metropark/Metro Beach Metropark is a 770-acre unit of the Huron-Clinton Metroparks system located roughly 20 miles (32 km) northeast of downtown Detroit, Michigan in Harrison Township, Macomb County. Lake St. Clair Metropark has been in existence since 1950 and has seen many changes since then. Originally named St. Clair Metropolitan Beach, it was renamed in 1953 to Metropolitan Beach Metropark and later shortened to Metro Beach Metropark. On December 8, 2011, the Board of Commissioners for the Huron-Clinton Metroparks approved changing the name to Lake St. Clair Metropark.[1][2] The park is located at Jefferson Avenue and Metropolitan Parkway (16 Mile Road) and there are signs to Lake St. Clair Metropark on Interstate 94 (I-94).

Due to sewage overflows, Metro Beach has seen occasional closures caused by high E. coli content in the water. The beach was closed for nine days in 2009 for this reason.[3]

Activities

The main attractions at Lake St. Clair Metropark are the 1,000 foot-long Metro Beach, which still retains the old name, on Lake St. Clair, the marinas and boat launches, an Olympic-sized pool with two water slides and diving boards, the "Squirt Zone" where kids can play with equipment that shoots water, an 18-hole Par 3 golf course and miniature golf course, the fitness trails, and the Nature Study Area/Nature Center where 275 species of birds have been recorded. A paved, one mile shoreline trail follows the Lake St. Clair shoreline in the park.[4][5]

Ice-fishing, cross-country skiing on groomed trails, and ice skating are some of the winter activities Metro Beach has to offer.

Miscellaneous trivia

Map of park

References

  1. HCMA press release
  2. Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority Board of Commissioners Meeting, December 8, 2011
  3. Pollution closes Metro Beach to swimming, The Macomb Daily, June 04, 2010
  4. Lake St. Clair Metropark Huron-Clinton Metroparks
  5. 109 Metro Beach Metropark , Michigan DNR

External links

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