Showing posts with label Parker Mill Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parker Mill Park. Show all posts
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Parker Mill Park
Over the night of February 26th we received several inches of snow. For years I've wanted to have the opportunity to get out and shoot on the morning after a good snow. I was fortunate enough to have the 27th off and I decided to head down to Parker Mill Park.
One of the overlooks along the river.
I climbed down off the platform and made my way down to the river's edge.
Then I moved out into the water a bit.
Finally, I moved out into the stream.
Parker Mill.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Parker Mill Park
Parker Mill Park is on the south side of Geddes Road, just east of Dixboro. The park seems pretty small until you start walking around it. The paved trail is one end of the Border to Border (B2B) trail in Ann Arbor. It runs from Parker Mill Park, through Gallup Park and on to M-14 on the northwest side of Ann Arbor.
This past year they have expanded the park to the north. To reach it, you travel under Geddes along the river. This means that that part of the park will be inaccessible during the spring melt when the river floods.
A little to the south, there is a boardwalk through the woods. I don't recall the name of the trail and area, but it is a short walk from Parker Mill Park.
Parker Mill Park. The Mill is to the right. The building on the left is a cider press.
The trail to the south.
Part of the boardwalk through the woods runs under the train tracks where the river flows. This too is flooded in the spring.
A majestic tree along the trail.
This past year they have expanded the park to the north. To reach it, you travel under Geddes along the river. This means that that part of the park will be inaccessible during the spring melt when the river floods.
A little to the south, there is a boardwalk through the woods. I don't recall the name of the trail and area, but it is a short walk from Parker Mill Park.
Parker Mill Park. The Mill is to the right. The building on the left is a cider press.
The trail to the south.
Part of the boardwalk through the woods runs under the train tracks where the river flows. This too is flooded in the spring. 
A majestic tree along the trail.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Parker Mill Park
Despite getting more snow last night, today turned out to be a pretty nice day. After being apartment bound for most of the week I decided to head out and go for a walk. My car took me to Parker Mill Park off Geddes Road. After a short walk down the snow covered path, there is a fork that takes back into the woods. It is a very nice walk, and I don't usually see too many people.
At one point the trail passes under the railroad tracks via the tunnel that carries the stream that passes through it. During times of high water, this portion of the boardwalk is often under water. Today was no different.
What the trail usually looks like in the winter
What awaited me at the stream.
I backtracked a bit and went up the hill and across the stream on the trackbed, then down the other side. This is the far side of the tunnel.
At one point the trail passes under the railroad tracks via the tunnel that carries the stream that passes through it. During times of high water, this portion of the boardwalk is often under water. Today was no different.
What the trail usually looks like in the winter
What awaited me at the stream.
I backtracked a bit and went up the hill and across the stream on the trackbed, then down the other side. This is the far side of the tunnel.
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