US-MI-Averill+Preserve


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Midland County
=Averill Preserve= East Saginaw Road / East Wackerly Road / North Hope Road Sanford, MI 48657 [|Averill Preserve web site] [|Averill Preserve map]

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Averill Preserve
Coordinates: 43.6629045, -84.3472767 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Averill Preserve
Step off the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail and into nature. Enjoy a panoramic view of the Tittabawassee River at the Overlook and learn about the preserve’s important role in the mid-Michigan’s logging history. Stop on the wooden bridge to listen to the sounds of frogs along the L&B Drain. The preserve is open year-round from dawn until dusk for your enjoyment.

In 2003, the Midland Area Community Foundation transferred 41.5 acres of property to The Little Forks Conservancy. The property was expanded to its current size in 2004, when an additional 32 acres were purchased from Dr. Kyung-Sik Ahn. The site, which is open to the public and can be accessed from the Pere Marquette Rail-Trail, was one of the world’s largest log banking grounds in the 1880s. The Averill Preserve features more than 6,000 feet of Tittabawassee River shoreline, 1,500 feet of Averill Creek and 40-50 acres of floodplain From [|Averill Preserve web site]

A new parking area has been added off of Saginaw Road near the end of Hope Road (see map).
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