Walking Michigan Parks

5-11-21 This is the view looking up from the grave of the man who donated these 331 acres to the City of Grand Rapids in 1926. He selected his burial site and was buried here in 1928. Thank you, Jacob Aman. There is one other historic monument in the park, that remembering Edwin Sweet (1847 - 1935). He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1874 and became Mayor of Grand Rapids 1904-1906. He, however, is not buried under this rock. After finding these spots we set off on one of the many beautiful dirt trails. We crossed these two bridges and were amazed at the fields of trillium and bluebells, flowing through the woods like rivers. Wild Phlox, Wild Geranium, and Jack-in-the-Pulpit 5-13-21 Today we returned to the park to take a few larger loop trails. Although there are markers here and there (not enough of them), this is the only map (at the main entrance). We took a pre-printed one with us but if you are color-blind, it won't help you. The map doesn't have co