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Bay City State Park
3582 State Park Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Phone: 989-684-3020
Reservations: 800-447-2757
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| The Saginaw Bay Recreation Area is located on the shores of the Saginaw Bay. The park area includes over 2,000 acres of land featuring wooded wetlands, marsh ponds, gentle dune ridges and mile of shoreline. Recreational opportunities include swimming, picnicking, camping, hiking, fishing and bicycling. 193 electric-service sites, modern toilet/shower buildings, sanitary dump station, mini-cabins, organizational camp, amphitheater and playground. The Center featuring a hands-on museum, watershed exhibit and comfortable observation room for indoor bird watching. Nationally recognized as a birding "hot spot" throughout the year, birding is particularly spectacular during the spring and fall migratory seasons. Explore on your own or call ahead for a guide. now booking naturalist-guided field trips for school groups in the region. The programs are designed to teach and reinforce learning objectives in Michigan's Grade Level Content Expectations for Science and Social Studies, while offering children a chance to learn more about nature. Teachers may select from 32 different age-appropriate field trips options or may arrange for a customized experience to fit their students' needs. All programs are free. Metal detecting area. |
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| Three observation towers, boardwalks, viewing platforms and shoreline spotting scopes help make wildlife viewing more interactive |
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Great halloween event
we camped for the first time during the halloween celebration it was excellent
Written by Karl K
16-Mar-2009
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Great Camp Grounds
We visited my sister and her family who were camping last summer at Bay City State Park. The facilities were excellent, clean and modern. The park is very beautiful. We enjoyed biking the trails and sitting around the campfire. We also enjoy visiting the visitor center museum, which had an outdoor scavenger hunt for the kids. We want to camp at Bay City State Park this summer!
Written by amidd67
30-Jun-2009
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this is a great parrk...
we live close by..yet it seems like it is up north in the wilderness
(name not given)
19-Aug-2009
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RACOONS!!!
We love the Bay City State Park and camp there regularly. The sites are generous and many of them have trees and are up against the woods so it has a real private outdoors feeling. The park employees are available but not nosey or intrusive. The only not-so-good thing the past couple years has been the RACOONS!!! They come out at night and are able to unlatch and get in coolers and also opened our tents even after we tied them shut with metal bread ties - YIKES!!! They are loud and destructive! This may deter our further use of the park.
(name not given)
27-Sep-2009
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| Bay City-Group Use Area(989) 684-30202 site(s)Group Use Area, Rustic Site, Vault Toilet
Bay City-Modern(800) 447-2757193 site(s)Campsites with 50 amp Service, Electrical Service, Mini Cabin, Modern Restrooms |
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| More than seven miles of trails help visitors explore the wetlands! Includes over three miles of paved accessible pathways, three observation towers, boardwalks, viewing platforms and shoreline spotting scopes. Bicycles and roller blades are welcome.
Bay City-Andersen Nature TrailTrail Length: 4.00 (Miles)Biking, Cross Country Ski, Hiking, Vault Toilet
Bay City-Chickadee Nature TrailTrail Length: 3.00 (Miles)Hiking |
| Picnicking: |
| Visitors can picnic on the sandy shoreline of the Bay or under the shelter of lofty cottonwoods and ash trees which border the Tobico Lagoon. Picnic tables and fire pits/grills. |
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| Fishing
The Tobico Lagoon provides pike, carp, bass and panfish. An accessibile fishing pier makes shore fishing available to all. Additional DNR-managed boating access sites are within a few miles of the park. Ice fishing is just off the park's shore in the winter months.
Hunting
Deer, waterfowl and small game are allowed during open seasons. |
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| Hotels/Motels | |  | Comfort Suites Lakeside - Houghton Lake, MI
Located on the shores off of Michigan?s largest inland lake, Comfort Suites Lakeside offers a beautiful hotel, conference center, water park and restaurant. Take a pleasure cruise or use a number of available golf packages. We have you covered for all your accommodation needs.
Web Site: http://www.comfortsuiteslakesideresort.com/ |
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| Restaurant | | | Comfort Suites Lakeside - Houghton Lake, MI
Located on the shores off of Michigan?s largest inland lake, Comfort Suites Lakeside offers a beautiful hotel, conference center, water park and restaurant. Take a pleasure cruise or use a number of available golf packages. We have you covered for all your accommodation needs.
Web Site: http://www.comfortsuiteslakesideresort.com/ |
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| A wide selection of K-12 wetland conservation programs are offered by special reservation. These programs provide hands-on learning opportunities designed to meet the Michigan Essential Goals and Objectives for Science Education. Call the Visitor's Center at 989-667-0717 for additional information. |
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