Parks & Recreation

Garfield Township offers its residents and visitors an array of public parkland, ranging from traditional parks with playgrounds and baseball fields to undeveloped natural areas for walking, biking, and cross country skiing.

You may reserve park facilities such as ball fields, tennis courts, and picnic pavillions by submitting a Park Reservation Application (if you have trouble opening the application, please contact us). A fee of $20 for Township residents and $40 for non-residents applies. Recurring reservation requests (i.e. Little League) are subject to Township Board approval. Please note that you don't HAVE to submit a reservation! All facilities will remain first come, first served in the absence of a reservation. However, if you want to guarantee that the facility will be available, a reservation may be a good idea.  The Township does not own the Commons Barns Area or Hickory Meadows and is unable to grant rentals of these properties.

Many of our parks are within the Stream, Environment, and Wetland category of the Township Comprehensive Plan. This land use category is intended to protect the natural resources of Garfield Township and the surrounding region, including Lake Michigan, by buffering streams and wetlands from stormwater runoff and encroachment by development.  Parks within this category include the Miller Creek Nature Reserve, the Garfield Township Nature Reserve, the Hughes Drive Nature Reserve, Kids Creek Park, and the Natural Area at the Grand Traverse Commons.

Please see the links to the left for more detailed descriptions and maps of each of our Parks, along with a description of the Recreational Authority and links to other local parks facilities.

MAP OF ALL LOCAL PARKS, including County and City facilities.