Snow Snake Race Sunday at 1:00 pm
/Come out and enjoy seeing the kids race their snakes!
Read MoreHappy Holidays!
/Happy Holidays 2014/2015!
Read MoreNew Cedar Creek Trail at Highland State Recreation Area is Nearing Completion
/The Cedar Creel trail has portions that skirt the edge or even cross wetland areas. New decking has been installed to minimize impact on the landscape. The deck will also provide a nice view to the east.
Read MoreDine with Edsel and Eleanor Event is Tomorrow
/Gentlemen (and Ladies) attending this year’s fund raiser will not only see a special "Fishing In Da U.P." table setting this year, but also a vintage automobile display just down the street on the corner of Livingston and Milford Road where some vintage cars will be on display throughout the day.
Read MoreDine with Edsel and Eleanor
/Help us raise funds for the refurbishing/re-use of the former Edsel Ford buildings in Highland Recreation Area. Questions call 248-698-2737
Read MoreEdsel Ford Barn Reconstruction Begins!
/Hardy volunteers from the Friends of Highland Recreation Area worked together between rain showers and thunderstorms to clean old wounds from the barn and install the new walls. It was a momentus day as the workers performed the first new construction on the barn since the violent storm in June 2008 tore at the historic structure.
Read MoreNew Construction at Edsel Ford Barn!
/...the Friends of Highland Recreation Area drove the first new nails into lumber to rebuild wall sections of the Edsel Ford Barn.
Read MoreNo Grapes on These Vines!
/Now that the leaves have fallen, the amazing large vines around some of the trees in Highland Recreation Area are exposed to view.
Some are 2 - 3 inches in diameter. They look large and strong enough to support a climber!
They are another of the great things that nature has to offer for viewing in Highland State Recreation Area. Get outside and see something "divine"... sorry for the bad pun.
Haven Hill Gate House Exposed!
/Members of Highland State Recreation Area's support group, FOHRA, got together on November 8 and cleared away years of brush in front of the Haven Hill Gate House. The old building can now be seen from the M-59 entrance station as visitors enter the park.
Above: Heavy brush blocks the view of the Haven Hill Gate House.
Above: Members clip and pull the years of brush that had obscured the Gate House from view.
Above: FOHRA members Tim Wiles and Jerry McManus review the clearing.
Above: The Haven Hill Gate House, once the entrance to Edsel Ford's Haven Hill Estate, exposed to public view beyond the entrance station turn-around at Highland Recreation Area.
Above: Friends of Highland Recreation Area marvel at the new view.
FOHRA plans to improve these sites within the park. The Haven Hill Gate House may become an informative Visitors Center some day. Come on out and help the effort. Visit www.fohra.org for more info.
Evening Barn
/Sometimes the spring sun is at the right angle each evening for the bandaged barn to really look nice. Click on the pic below to see a full-sized photo taken yesterday, May 17, 2008.
The trees almost make this look like a fall photo, but what you see is actually the evening "golden hour" sun on the new spring leaves.
