Love this place! Finding fun and entertaining parks for my 1 year old is so much fun. I love this one. Not only is there three plays capes, there are swings, walking trails with a big pond to watch wildlife, basketball courts, volleyball courts, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and a gazebo area you can rent for parties if you please. Little guy never gets bored here! This will always be one of our top parks! read more

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This park is absolutely beautiful. Honestly that's an understatement. There's so much nature, pretty colors and animals to be seen! This park has been my weekly staple in my walking routine. I love walking around the pond and seeing all the ducks, geese, and squirrels. There's plenty of benches to sit and just enjoy life. No matter the time of the day or how hot or cold the weather is, there's always people here and plenty to do. A couple play grounds, basketball court, tennis courts, and baseball courts makes it a very popular place to bring the family. You can also fish in the pond. Bring your camera and take plenty of breath taking photos. Heritage Garden is a perfect spot for senior pictures, family photos and even prom photos. The park is dog friendly. Please clean up after your pet. There is literally trash cans everywhere, so also don't litter. read more

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Mae Stecker is a BEAUTIFUL park!! I discovered this park about eight years ago when I moved into Shelby Township, and we've been visiting ever since. There is so much to do here, it's really impressive. Plus, it's just a gorgeous park. Since Covid19 I have came here with the kids 3x a week. There is a walking trail that is approximately a quarter mile long. That's a guess, I should have asked Laurie P. for the distance. But the trail is great. It's twisty, turny, full of nature and wildlife, it leads to and around a small pond, and passes a fun fairy garden. There is sand volley ball, basketball courts with springy Sportcourt, and a outdoor ice hockey rink in the winter. You can fish at the pond, sit at picnic tables, or bring your own blanket or chair and just people watch. There is 2 great playscapes for kids, swings and a merry-go-round. My kids love both play areas and hope that Covid19 is over soon so that they can play at them. Both area are obviously off limits during this stupid lockdown. Look, if you haven't checked out this park yet, nows the perfect time to do so. With most business being closed it's a great time to get familiar with our local parks. Highly recommend and will more then likely be back tomorrow? Wanna meet and social distance at the park- message me! read more

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URGENT!! Replace the basketball court floors before someone gets hurt. I slipped 5 times in one game and almost hit the splits. The court floor is warn down and needs replacement. read more

In the summertime, I gave this park a 5 star rating for all it has to offer and included some very pretty pictures. In the fall, I posted more beautiful pictures of the colorful, fallen leaves and the beauty of the autumn season. This one is a winter review with pictures, based on a walk we took on a mild February day. When we decided to bundle up and take a Sunday stroll during a break in the cold weather, I wasn't sure if there would be any beauty to be found on a cloudy, winter's day. I'm happy to say, "boy was I wrong". With a camera in my hand we started out on our much needed journey along the walkway. The first sign of beauty was a lone red cardinal sitting in the brush of fallen trees and twigs. He posed as I snapped a quick picture of him. As we walked along, more birds could be heard calling out with their unique chirps (Listen to my video I posted). With no leaves on the trees, the wooded area gave us a glimpse of squirrels chasing each other and frolicking up and down the tree trunks. Birds were hopping from one stump to another having fun in a quiet and barren park. (I took a video of this as well). The trees seemed to tell their own stories of surviving the weather as I took more pictures of their rarely seen winter beauty. A walk around the water yielded even more picturesque settings. Three ducks were swimming in a section of melted water along the shore of the frozen lake (yes, another video as we enjoyed watching them playing in the frozen water). Streams once hidden by the summer leaves could be seen trickling along. Even the beauty of the frozen lake was worth stopping and admiring. Other people were also braving the weather and walking around the water and trees. It was so calm and serene and well worth a winter's walk. If you're looking for something to do on a mild winter's day once the snow has melted, take a walk. Enjoy winter's beauty. Say hello and offer a smile to others who are enjoying their walks as well. Stop along your walk, look up at the tree tops and winter sky, listen to the birds and watch the squirrels and ducks. Observe all that nature has to offer during Michigan's winter months. In fact, at one point when we stopped along the trail to take in the sights and sounds, we heard a loud crack as a tree was giving way and we watched it fall, hitting other trees along it's fast, journey to the ground and it landed with a crack as it hit one last tree in it's final resting place. What a sight to behold and witness 'Pure Michigan' right before our eyes. What were the chances of that happening? It turned our 'fun' walk into an 'awesome' one because we took the time to stop and enjoy the hidden gems that are sometimes forgotten or overlooked in the cold winters. It was as if nature put on a quick show just for us and quietly said, "thank you for visiting, see you again in the spring and summer"! read more

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This is an amazing hidden gem! The trail takes you around the pond and then through an amazing wooded trail. It's about a one mile lap. The township has marked all of the different kind of trees (not on the trees but w markers beside each kind). It's so pretty and well groomed! Love it! read more