Palmer Park
Palmer Park offers more than 300 acres of greenspace within the City of Wyoming, including a wooded main recreation area that is popular for group picnics and events. Paved and natural-surfaced trails allow visitors to explore the park’s expansive forest and wetlands. Palmer Park is also home to the Kaufman Golf Course, which can be accessed from Clyde Park Avenue. Kaufman has an exceptional 18 hole course and driving range that are open to the public.
Address
1275 52nd St SW
Wyoming, MI 49509
Directions
Hours
May 1 – October 31
7am to Sunset
Off-Season Information
Cross-Country Skiing
Kaufman Golf Course
Group Events
Palmer Park can accommodate a wide variety of group events, with five picnic areas and two unique open shelters.
Baseball & Softball
A ball diamond with ample parking is available near open picnic shelter A. From the park’s main drive, take the first two rights to reach the parking lot.
Cross Country Skiing
In the winter, Palmer Park and Kaufman Golf Course switch gears to become one of the best cross-country skiing sites in the Grand Rapids area. Skiers will find three groomed loops of roughly two miles each, winding through wooded areas of the park and more open terrain in the golf course. The trails offer flatter areas and hills and valleys for a varied experience. All routes begin at the Kaufman clubhouse so use the golf course entrance, the Palmer Park Drive will be locked in the winter.
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Fishing
Buck Creek passes through Palmer Park from the southeast corner of the park to the northwest on its route to the Grand River. Within the park, fragile wetlands surround much of the creek but fishing opportunities are available off bridges and drier creek banks.
Playgrounds
Palmer Park has two large play structures for active kids, convenient to the picnic areas, parking and restrooms. One is located adjacent to open shelter A at the edge of the ball diamond field. The other is centrally located in the woods near the restrooms, between the “B” and “C” picnic areas.
Trails
A variety of paved and natural-surfaced trails are available for exploring the park. The paved Buck Creek Trail is multi-use and runs along the park’s west edge, connecting 44th St to 52nd St. A narrower paved loop trail is available from the parking lot on the park’s main drive. Interconnected pathways and loops also explore wetlands east of the drive and a creek tributary south of the ball diamond.
All the trails at Palmer are closed to motorized uses except for golf carts on the cart paths at Kaufman Golf Course. The trails are also closed to equestrians. Bike use is only allowed on the paved Buck Creek Trail.
