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 River Rouge Park - Detroit, MI
N 42° 21.449 W 083° 15.065
17T E 314613 N 4691922
Rouge Park was established in 1925 and Michigan's largest urban park located in the northwest of Detroit, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM1900W
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2023
Views: 1
96. RIVER ROUGE PARK, bounded on the N. by Fullerton Ave., on the S. by Warren Ave., on the W. by Outer Drive, and on the E. by Burt Road, is the city’s largest outdoor playground. Roughly rectangular in shape, the park covers 1,204 acres of rolling woodland, threaded from north to south by the winding River Rouge. The tract was purchased by Detroit in 1923 for $1,400,000 and opened in 1925; since then, the city has carried out a continuous improvement and development program.
Plymouth and Joy Roads traverse the park from east to west, connecting with a series of winding automobile drives and 11 miles of cinder bridle paths. Picnicking facilities are scattered throughout the grounds. On Plymouth Road near the center of the park are a bathhouse and three concrete swimming pools {open May-Sept.; 15¢ adm. includes suit, towel, locker, soap) of Olympic standards, ranging from a foot to 12 feet in depth. North of Plymouth Road is the 18-hole Rouge Park Golf Course (50¢ for 18 holes, 75¢ all day). Near the intersection of Plymouth and Burt Roads, in the northeastern section, are 18 tennis courts, and near by is a 40-acre athletic field, with a quarter-mile cinder track, jumping and vaulting pits, two baseball diamonds, and a football field. In the south central area are three children’s playgrounds, each of seven acres, with wading pools and playground equipment.
On Joy Road east of the river, in the central section of the park, is the winter-sports area. Here are a 6-acre skating rink and six 700 foot toboggan slides (free for private toboggans; toboggans rented, $5 deposit; 50¢ first hour, 10¢ each additional 15 minutes). East of the winter sports area on Joy Road are the stables of the first Regiment of the Michigan Division of the U. S. National Guard. Near by are hurdles and bridle paths used to train the mounts. Northeast of the stables, in a natural hollow, is the pistol range of the Detroit Police Department, with a mechanical man and other devices to reproduce actual conditions in police work.
In the western section, south of the intersection of Plymouth Road and Outer Drive, is a 130-acre municipal nursery with 21,000 evergreens, 59,000 perennials, 106,000 deciduous trees, and 311,000 shrubs. Plantings from the nursery are used for landscaping city parks and streets.-Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State 1941
Updated statistics on the park since its opening almost 100 years ago:
4.7 miles of the Rouge River
1 Baseball diamond
2 Basketball Courts
2 Brennan pool
1 Banquet Hall
3.5 miles of nature trails
6.5 miles of paved trails
18 Hole golf course
2 Model airplane Fields
Camp ground
Archery Range
Horse Shoe Pit
2 Tennis Courts
6 Playgrounds
5 Picnic shelters
10 Soccer fields
1,184 acres
Pony rides 3 miles of mountain bike trails
Book: Michigan
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 282
Year Originally Published: 1941
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