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Sign along Black Creek welcoming boaters
'Metro Beach' is a unit of the
Huron-Clinton Metroparks system located roughly 16 miles north of
Detroit, Michigan in
Harrison Township, Macomb County. Metro Beach has been in existence since the
1940s and has changed much since those times. The main attractions in Metro Beach are the
beach on
Lake St. Clair, the "Squirt Zone" where kids can play with equipment that shoots water, the 18 hole, Par 3 golf course, the fitness trails, and the Nature Study Area where 275 species of birds have been recorded. The park is located at
Jefferson Avenue and
Metropolitan Parkway (16 Mile Road) and there are signs to Metro Beach on
I-94.
Miscellaneous Trivia
★ The end of "The Point" that extends into Lake St. Clair was originally an island.
★ The paved fitness trail runs for 4 miles inside the confines the park.
★ On a clear day, the
Renaissance Center in Detroit is visible over Lake St. Clair.
★ Despite being in a suburban area, there are deer that live within Metro Beach.
★ At one point the sanitary conditions of the water at the beach was so bad that DJs at radio station
WCSX wrote a parody of
The Beach Boys' song
Kokomo to poke fun at it.
External link
★
Metro Beach home page