16345 McClure, Chelsea 48118 (mailing)

(734) 4758307
Campground reservations: (800) 4472757

This sprawling 20,500-acre area is great for birding, boating, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, swimming, mountain biking, and camping. The Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center (17030 Bush Rd.; 734–475–3170) has hands-on exhibits, natural history programs, park information, and displays of local ecology, wildlife, and Michigan rocks and minerals. Horse ’N Around Stables offers guided group horseback and pony rides (call or text 734–637–4457, horsenaroundstablesatwaterloo.com). Recreation Passport required: state residents $13/year with license plate renewal, or $18/year at park gate (motorcycles $7 with license plate renewal, $12/year at park gate); nonresidents $11/day, $39/year. michigan.gov/waterloo