Saturday, August 13 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Windmill Island Gardens The Macatawa Water Festival is a family-friendly event that will be held on Holland's Windmill Island. Numerous community partners and sponsors will come together to offer water activities and educational...
Update November 23, 2022 Observatory Grand Opening On October 8, a grand opening was held for the NEW observatory at Hemlock Crossing. The observatory was developed through an ongoing partnership between Ottawa County Parks and the Shoreline Amateur Astronomical...
Come join us! July 18, 5:30-8 pm | Ottawa Sands County Park Cops and Bobbers is a fishing event designed to bring Ottawa County Sheriff’s and Ottawa County parks employees alongside local youth, with a goal of introducing kids to fishing, conservation, water safety,...
What is poison hemlock? Poison hemlock is an invasive flower that was planted in gardens and is now spreading across Michigan. It lives only two years (biennial), but each plant can produce up to 38,000 seeds. Is it dangerous? Poison hemlock can be lethal if handled...
What's the scoop? Ottawa County Parks and Recreation has been working with Karina White, a biology and A.P. environmental science teacher from Jenison High School (JHS), for almost a decade through the Adopt-A-Park program. When White decided to attend Grand Valley...
Updated on: June 13, 2022 Thursdays throughout the summer Upper Macatawa Natural Area 10:30 am-12:30 pm • 11 am Nature Activity June 16 June 23 June 30 July 14 July 21 July 28 August 4 August 11 Full Summer Schedule:
Celebrate the American Hiking Society’s #NationalTrailsDay with Ottawa County Parks & Recreation Millions of people have found physical, mental, and emotional restoration on trails and in quality green space during the pandemic. Let’s return the favor as a...
Get Beach Ready Beach season is almost here! Below is the most up-to-date information related to our lakeshore parks. We'll continue to update this page as the season progresses. Please be aware that even with the high water levels in decline, we continue to see dune...
Article written by: Nealy Molhoek, Stewardship Supervisor As hints of spring begin to appear all around us, many of us take the opportunity to spend more time outdoors, either in our own backyards, or in the parks that we're so lucky to be surrounded with in Ottawa...
Summer is the season of outdoor barbecues, the sound of children splashing in inflatable pools, and the smell of a freshly-mowed yard. Nothing is quite as ubiquitous as the American lawn – a vast, well-manicured plane of Bermuda or Kentucky bluegrass adorns the front...