Independence Lake County Park

Independence Lake County Park Independence Lake is located in Whitmore Lake, Michigan. Home of Blue Heron Bay Spray Park and The Red Hawk Disc Golf Course.

Independence Lake County Park offers swimming, boating and fishing, as well as picnicking, hiking, biking and rollerblading in a natural setting. Blue Heron Bay, our new spray park, features 3 water slides, a toddler zone, family zone, and tween zone. The spray park is geared toward ages 12 and under. The Beach Center houses the park office with year round restroom facilities and includes a conces

sion and patio eating area. There is also a Meeting Room that looks out onto the lake and woodlands. The room contains a large screen making it an appropriate site for presentations, meetings and office retreats. During summer months, Independence Lake offers a sandy beach and swimming as well as excellent picnic areas for family gatherings. The park rents paddleboats and rowboats and also offers a launch site for canoes, kayaks and motorized boats with ten or less horsepower. There are four picnic pavilions of various sizes to accommodate small groups or several hundred people for birthday parties, family reunions, weddings and company picnics. Other park activities include hiking nature trails through diverse habitat including wetlands, prairies and great stands of oaks. Pre-arranged nature programs or Guided interpretive tours are available with one of the Park Naturalists. Two miles of paved multiuse trails are provided for walkers, runners, bikers or rollerbladers. This unique park is open year-round. Winter opportunities include ice fishing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.

Independence Lake County Park is closed today through Wednesday, September 9, 2026 due to power outage, storm damage, an...
09/04/2026

Independence Lake County Park is closed today through Wednesday, September 9, 2026 due to power outage, storm damage, and clean up. We will make an update when we know more.

Independence Lake County Park is closed today, Friday, September 4, 2026 due to storm damage.
09/04/2026

Independence Lake County Park is closed today, Friday, September 4, 2026 due to storm damage.

Want to get to learn more about small local artist, vendors and handmade goods in your area? Independence Lake Craft Sho...
09/03/2026

Want to get to learn more about small local artist, vendors and handmade goods in your area? Independence Lake Craft Show is just the spot! On September 26, from 10am to 4pm, the park will be filled with local vendors, selling handmade items, and along with yummy food trucks.

For more information please visit: website https://www.washtenaw.org/independence-lake-craft-show.

It's the last Disc Golf Glow Night on Friday, September 11 from 9pm-12am before our Annual Glow Disc Golf Tournament in ...
09/01/2026

It's the last Disc Golf Glow Night on Friday, September 11 from 9pm-12am before our Annual Glow Disc Golf Tournament in October! Sign up today to get your last practice in the dark in.

Register at Washtenaw.org/registerparks or use the Disc Golf Glow Night link in our bio.

Blue Heron Bay Spray Park will be closed Monday - Friday, starting tomorrow, August 31 to September 4. We will reopen th...
08/30/2026

Blue Heron Bay Spray Park will be closed Monday - Friday, starting tomorrow, August 31 to September 4.

We will reopen this weekend September 5-7.

The spray park will close for the season on September 7.

Prairies Ponderings is a great event hosted at Independence Lake County Park for anyone interested in learning more abou...
08/27/2026

Prairies Ponderings is a great event hosted at Independence Lake County Park for anyone interested in learning more about Michigan’s Prairies on Thursday, September 10 from 6:30pm-8pm!

This event will start with an educational slideshow, then lead into a nice sunset walk, where you get to apply the knowledge from the slideshow in the real world!

Register at Washtenaw.org/registerparks or use the Program and Event Registration link in our bio.

Come to Independence Lake County Park Disc Golf Glow Night event on Friday, September 11 from 9pm-12am! Enjoy a night of...
08/25/2026

Come to Independence Lake County Park Disc Golf Glow Night event on Friday, September 11 from 9pm-12am! Enjoy a night of peaceful disc golf on the course, with lights illuminating the disc golf baskets.

Register at Washtenaw.org/registerparks or use the Disc Golf Glow Night Registration link in our bio.

Blue Heron Bay Spray Park will be closed Monday - Friday, starting tomorrow August 24 to August 28, and August 31 to Sep...
08/23/2026

Blue Heron Bay Spray Park will be closed Monday - Friday, starting tomorrow August 24 to August 28, and August 31 to September 4.

We will reopen Saturday, August 29, Sunday, August 30, and Labor Day Weekend (September 5-7)

The spray park will close for the season at 6pm on September 7.

Come enjoy the Independence Lake Craft Show on Saturday September 26 from 10am to 4pm! Walk around and see the amazing h...
08/21/2026

Come enjoy the Independence Lake Craft Show on Saturday September 26 from 10am to 4pm! Walk around and see the amazing handmade creations of local artist; and local vendors.

For more information or to sign up to be a vendor please visit out website https://www.washtenaw.org/independence-lake-craft-show.

Want to learn more about Michigan’s local ecosystems? Stop Independence Lake County Park Prairie Ponderings event on Sep...
08/18/2026

Want to learn more about Michigan’s local ecosystems? Stop Independence Lake County Park Prairie Ponderings event on September 10 from 6:30pm to 8pm.

This event will start with an informational slideshow, proceeding into a sunset walk around Independence Lake's diverse prairies, which is all led by Naturalist Faye Stoner!

Register at Washtenaw.org/registerparks or use the programs and events link in our bio.

Address

3200 Jennings Road
Whitmore Lake, MI
48189

Telephone

+17344494437

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