Miller Creek Nature Reserve
Just behind the Grand Traverse Crossings Mall on South Airport Road, you can find the 66-acre Miller Creek Nature Reserve. Recreational opportunities at this park include hiking, nature watching, hunting (with prior Township approval), cross county skiing, and snowshoeing.
The trails at the Miller Creek Natural area pass through a former Red Pine plantation, skirt the edges of open meadows, wind through beautiful beech forests, cross boardwalks though cedar swamps, and follow Miller Creek, a tributary of the Boardman River. Very shortly, the trails at Miller Creek will be linked to the miles of trails within the Boardman Valley Nature Preserve via a connection across Cass Road at Dairy Square Drive.
This park was developed in phases, first as an open space and conservation element of the Crossings Mall, and expanded as a conservation element of the Arbors Apartments development on Hartman Road.
There are two trailheads accessed via the Crossings Mall; one behind Office Depot and one near the Faith Reformed Church on Crossing Circle Drive. The trails can also be reached starting at the northwest corner of the former Sabin Elementary School at the intersection of Hartman and Cass Roads. Public restrooms are not available on site.
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