Shiawassee Park Farmington MI review, pics, and info. Shiawassee Park on Shiawassee St in Downtown Farmington MI is an attractive venue to bring your family for a variety of different activities.
Located only steps from downtown Farmington, Shiawassee features four baseball/softball diamonds, a large playscape, two tennis courts, and several covered eating areas.
Shiawassee Park Farmington
The playscape is the most popular feature of Shiawassee Park because of the vast size, covered seating areas, and easily-accessible restrooms.
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Pet owners are always encouraged to bring their dogs to Shiawassee Park. With complementary litter bags and an area to splash in shallow parts of the Rouge River, Shiawassee is the closest thing to a dog park that you’ll find in the downtown Farmington area.
The winding paths throughout the park will offer you a good view of the different amenities in only about a 10-15 minute walk. Nice scenery accompanies you along each step as you wind along and across the Rouge River.
After a stroll through the park, walk up the back steps and over the river into downtown Farmington to enjoy a variety of different restaurants and stores.
Shiawassee Park offers reservations for their large pavilion and playscape gazebo on a first come, first served basis beginning January 1 of each calendar year. You can contact the parks department for more info on how to reserve these spaces at 248-474-5500.
Shiawassee Park Farmington Fitness Courts
Our friends at Priority Health are pleased to announce new fitness courts at Shiawassee Park. The courts made their debut in August of 2025.
This Fitness Court was developed by the City of Farmington, Priority Health and the National Fitness Campaign to expand free access to high-quality workouts and create equitable access to exercise for communities across the region. The Fitness Court is an outdoor gym that lets users leverage their own body weight to get a complete workout using seven exercise stations. Created for adults of all abilities age 14+, the Fitness Court workouts are adaptable for all fitness levels, allowing participants to move at their own pace. Users also may download the free Fitness Court App which acts as a coach-in-your-pocket and enhances the outdoor gym into a digitally supported wellness experience.
There is also another Fitness Court at Flanders Park near Downtown Farmington.
Shiawassee Park Sled Hill Farmington
Near Shiawassee Park is the one of the best sled hills in the area. Just across the street from the park, you can park at the Farmington Public Schools building and access the giant sled hill.
You can access the hill at the Farmington Public Schools Parking lot at the 32500 Shiawassee St, Farmington, MI 48336 address (off of Raphael St just South of 10 Mile Rd). It’s just a short walk from the parking lot to the sledding action and very easy to find. On a snowy, school’s out day when the weather is just right, you’ll see PLENTY of kids and their sleds. The sled hill a neighborhood sledding hill so there isn’t any sort of parking admission or park admission… so… in other words…. it’s FREE to sled at the Shiawassee sled hill!
Sled hill hours at Shiawassee are from 9a-10p during prime sledding conditions. Sledding is free at the sled hill and parking is easy. Just park at the school administration building and bus garage on near the hill off of Shiawassee road.
Shiawassee Park
32340 Shiawassee St
Farmington, Michigan 48336
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