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Festival Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 78 Google reviews · Running trail in New Baltimore, Michigan · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Tree cover
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Festival Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Park featuring baseball fields and soccer fields, plus a playground area for kids.
What runners say about Festival Park
“For the most part they are clean would be nice to build a permanent restroom being that this park is a large park, that has quite a few visitors everyday.”
“I love this park because there are many large trees that give natural shade to sit and watch the kids while they play.”
“The park and 1 mile packed gravel trail is clean and typically quiet.”
Very nice part has a lot of options of things to do such as football softball soccer walking jogging running as well as a playscape for children. There are porta potties located in the facility.
I love this park because there are many large trees that give natural shade to sit and watch the kids while they play. There is no running water, however, there is an outhouse. (Just be sure to have hand sanitizer.)
The park and 1 mile packed gravel trail is clean and typically quiet. The playground is shaded and has 2 baby swings and I think 4 kid swings. Some of the playground equipment has been broken for a while (missing slide or something, some unsteady little hopper things), but is still quite useable with a nice padded…
Drove by, never visited it.. looks like a brand new park. All rebuilt...had a festival when I drove by. Has round about European thing here. So be careful and watch how you drive around these things, people walking, cars swerving because of mistake at the round about.
Trail conditions & character
“This year they cordoned off so many areas that parking is IMPOSSIBLE.”
“There are portapotties on site by the baseball fields.”
“I love this park because there are many large trees that give natural shade to sit and watch the kids while they play.”
“The park and 1 mile packed gravel trail is clean and typically quiet.”
Plan your run at Festival Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeRunners describe real tree cover here — it makes a summer afternoon workable
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms — reported by runners
- Websitecityofnewbaltimore.org
- Phone(586) 725-2151
Hours
| Monday | 8 AM–4:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM–4:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM–4:30 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM–4:30 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM–4:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
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