Accessible Trails & Facilities

Exploring Kent County Parks and Trails with Physical Limitations
Throughout our system of parks and trails, we strive for a high degree of accessibility so people with physical limitations can enjoy diverse outdoor experiences. These resources can help you plan a visit. If you have specific questions about certain parks or facilities, please call us at (616) 632-7275.
Kent County Parks focus on preserving natural resources and providing access to these areas for park visitors to enjoy. Visitors will find that our parks offer a range of outdoor experiences to suit their differing interests and abilities. In regards to accessible trails, there are four basic categories to consider in our park system.

Connecting Sidewalks and Pathways

The parks listed in the guide have paved walkways connecting parking areas with available facilities like picnic shelters, playgrounds or restrooms. Generally, these walkways are fairly short, less than one-third of a mile. The walks in some, like Fallasburg and Dutton Shadyside Parks, offer scenic excursions without straying far from parking areas.

Short Routes from One-Third to One Mile

Most of our hard-surfaced trails are paved with asphalt, although some parks like Wahlfield and Millennium offer crushed lime trails for a more natural feel that is still stable and flat. In several parks you’ll find loop trails of less than a mile that take you out and back through forests and fields or around recreation areas.
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Park Trails & Networks Longer than One Mile

If you really want to get out and explore, we have three parks with paved trails more than a mile long. At Johnson Park, the old Scenic Drive has been closed to vehicle traffic and now offers a scenic and peaceful route through the forested uplands of the park. The Buck Creek Trail runs along the west edge of Palmer Park for about a mile. At Millennium Park, an extensive network of paved trails allows you to plan your own route and level of challenge.
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Brewer Park

399 84th Street
Byron Center, MI 49315

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Caledonia Lakeside Park

370 N Lake St SE
Caledonia, MI 49316

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Chief Hazy Cloud Park

150 Pettis Ave NE
Ada, MI 49301

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Coldwater River Park

9901 Morse Lake
Alto, MI 49302

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Cooper Creek Park/Spencer Forest

13807 17 Mile Rd
Gowen, MI 49326

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Creekside Park

1035 68th St SE
Dutton, MI 49316

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Douglas Walker Park

1195 84th St
Byron Center, MI 49315

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Dutton Shadyside Park

7343 Hammond Ave
Dutton, MI 49316

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Dwight Lydell Park

4040 Leland Ave
Comstock Park, MI 49321

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Fallasburg Park

1124 Fallasburg Park Dr
NE, Lowell, MI 49331

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Fisk Knob

17533 Algoma Avenue
Cedar Springs, MI 49319

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Gordon Park

17150 Northland Dr
Sand Lake, MI 49343

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Johnson Park

2600 Wilson Ave
Walker, MI 49534

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Kaufman Golf Course

4807 Clyde Park Ave SW
Wyoming, MI 49548

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Knapp Valley Forest

4255 Knapp Valley NE
Grand Rapids Twp, MI 49525

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Lamoreaux (Donald J) Park

4585 Coit Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525

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Lamoreaux Memorial Park

3500 West River Dr
Comstock Park, MI 49321

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Lepard Reserve

6030 76th St SE
Caledonia MI 49316

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Long Lake Park

13747 Krauskopf NE
Sparta, MI 49345

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Luton Park

5950 10 Mile Rd NE
Rockford, MI 49341

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Millennium Park

1415 Maynard Ave SW
Walker, MI 49534-7022



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Myers Lake Park

7350 Hessler Dr NE
Rockford, MI 49341

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Palmer Park

1275 52nd St SW
Wyoming, MI 49509

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Pickerel Lake Park

6001 Ramsdell Rd NE
Cannonsburg, MI 49317

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Provin Trails

2900 4 Mile Rd

Grand Rapids Township, MI 49525

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Rogue River Park

6300 Belshire Ave
Belmont, MI 49306

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Ruehs Park

7602 68th St
Alaska, MI 49316

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Seidman Park

8155 Conservation Rd
Ada, MI 49301

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Thornapple Riverbend Greenspace

7081 Alaska Ave. SE
Caledonia, MI 49316

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Townsend Park

8280 6 Mile Rd
Cannonsburg, MI 49317

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Wabasis Lake Park & Campground

11220 Springhill Dr
Greenville, MI 48838

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Wahlfield Park

6811 Alpine Ave
Alpine Township, MI 49321

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White Pine Park

13590 Lincoln Lake Rd
Gowen, MI 49326

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Regional Trails

Here in West Michigan, we have a world-class network of paved Regional Trails. These are linear routes that can be followed in some cases for tens of miles. The Kent County Parks Department manages four of these regional trails, Kent Trails, the Fred Meijer M-6 Trail, the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail, and the Fred Meijer Pioneer Trail. In addition, as shown in the Guide to Accessible Facilities, many of our parks also serve as trailheads for regional trails, offering easy parking and/or restrooms.

Other Tips & Recommendations

Facilities are Limited in our Off Season

Most of our parks are officially open from May 1 through October 31. In November, we close the gates at many parks and drain our water lines to prevent freezing. In most cases accessible restrooms are not available in our off season

Millennium Park

Lots to Do

As you’ll see in the Guide to Accessible Trails and Facilities, Millennium Park offers a wide variety facilities and they’re all within easy reach of the main parking areas. Paved walkways connect the different locations and will even take you down to the edge of the beach. Boardwalks go out over the water for fishing opportunities and relatively short paved loops follow the edges of ponds and lakes. The longer paved trails within the park also connect to the main recreation area. Note that there is a fee to enter the beach area.

Pickerel Lake

Up North Feel

Pickerel Lake is an undeveloped 80 acre lake north of Cannonsburg. Also called the Fred Meijer Nature Preserve, the park mostly encompasses this lake as well as more than 200 acres of natural woods and fields. For the most part, the trails at Pickerel Lake are rustic, natural-surfaced paths which might be more of a challenge for people with physical limitations, but one of the most enticing features of the park is its 800 ft long floating boardwalk. This boardwalk is the gateway to the trail network and is immediately adjacent to the parking area. Once you’re out on the boardwalk, you’ll feel like you’re “up north” whether you’re fishing, taking pictures, or just watching for wildlife and enjoying the view.