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8 hills in Michigan, most of them run by a county or city

Sledding Hills in Michigan: Every One an Agency Names

Every hill below was named for sledding by the Michigan agency that runs it, on a page linked beside it. What it costs, whether it runs tubing, a tow or lights, and the agency's own words.

8
Hills a public agency names
in 8 towns
A county or city
Most of them named by
7 local, 1 state, 0 national forest
0
That print no charge
Recreation Passport may be needed to park
0 / 1 / 1
Tubing, tow or lights
2 publish hours, 6 a conditions page
The answer

Whose website to open first in Michigan

Michigan has 8 hills that a public agency has named for sledding in writing. Of those, 7 are run by a county, metro or city park department, 1 by the state.

  • County, metro or city: 7
  • State park or forest: 1
  • The first website to open in Michigan is a county or city parks department rather than the state park system, because that is where most of the designations below were published.
  • Every Michigan hill below prints a charge or a parking fee of some kind.
  • Michigan sells a Recreation Passport, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill.
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Grouped by who named it

All 8 Michigan hills

Each card opens with the agency’s own words, because that sentence is the reason the hill is on the page. Everything under it is an attribute the same agency published on the same page. Where an agency adds guidance of its own, it is quoted whole and nothing is added to it.

Named by a county or city7 hills

Sledding hills at Orchard picnic area

Metro park

Kensington Metropark. Milford. Run by Huron-Clinton Metroparks

The sledding hills and beginner snowboarding hills are located at Orchard picnic area.
Kensington Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

walk up$10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes11 a.m. to dusk (weekdays), 10 a.m. to dusk (weekends)the agency opens the hills only when weather and hill conditions allow it

Park Fees: $10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes

Huron-Clinton Metroparks publishes this with the hill: “Saucers and inflatables are not permitted on the advanced and intermediate hills. Toboggans are not allowed on any sledding hills. Please walk up all sledding and snowboarding hills using the designated pathways, being cautious of others using the runs and hills.”

Conditions from the agency · Kensington Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Sledding hills at the Gladeview and West Branch Picnic Areas

Metro park

Stony Creek Metropark. Shelby Township. Run by Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Dash down sledding hills located at the Gladeview and West Branch Picnic Areas. Bring your own sled.
Stony Creek Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

$10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes

Park Fees: $10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes

Huron-Clinton Metroparks publishes this with the hill: “Bring your own sled.”

Conditions from the agency · Stony Creek Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Sledding hills at Washago and the Chestnut Picnic Area

Metro park

Willow Metropark. New Boston. Run by Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Dash down sledding hills located near Washago and the Chestnut Picnic Area. Sledding hills at Washago are lit at night to extend the opportunities for winter fun.
Willow Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Lit after dark$10 Daily or Annual Vehicle Pass

Park Fees: $10 Daily or Annual Vehicle Pass

Conditions from the agency · Willow Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Sledding hill near the Great Wave pool complex

Metro park

Lake Erie Metropark. Brownstown. Run by Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Bundle up, bring a few friends and dash down a large hill near the Great Wave pool complex for hours of outdoor fun during the winter.
Lake Erie Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

$10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes

Park Fees: $10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes

Conditions from the agency · Lake Erie Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Family sledding hill in West Playfield

Metro park

Lake St. Clair Metropark. Harrison Township. Run by Huron-Clinton Metroparks

An outdoor family sledding hill is located in West Playfield. The sledding hill, comfort station, warming room and picnic tables are conveniently located close to the parking area.
Lake St. Clair Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

$10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes

Park Fees: $10 Daily Vehicle or Boat Pass OR Annual Passes

Conditions from the agency · Lake St. Clair Metropark, Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Family Sledding Hill

County park

Waterford Oaks County Park. Waterford. Run by Oakland County Parks

The Family Sledding Hill at Waterford Oaks County Park is open daily from sunrise to sunset or as posted at the gate, weather permitting.
Winter Activities, Oakland County Parks and Recreation, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

freedaily from sunrise to sunset or as posted at the gatethe agency opens it weather permitting, with the gate posting the day's status

Grab a sled and head to the hills for some free family fun.

Winter Activities, Oakland County Parks and Recreation

Named by the state1 hill

Sledding hill at the Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park

State park

Muskegon State Park. Muskegon. Run by Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park, in Muskegon State Park

The year-round Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park boasts an Olympian-designed luge track , an ice-skating trail, a sledding hill, cross-country ski trails, a 1,300-foot dual zip line, a one-of-a-kind summer luge track, an archery range and much more.
Muskegon State Park, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A ticket is required

A ticket is required, and reservations are available.

Muskegon State Park, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Cost and parking

What sledding costs in Michigan

Every Michigan hill below prints a charge or a parking fee of some kind. Nationally 140 of the 202 hills print no charge at all, and the ones that do are nearly always the two things that cost an agency money to run: a tubing operation that rents the tube, and a tow that carries you back up.

Michigan sells a Recreation Passport, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill. That distinction matters at the gate: the permit is sold for the plowed lot rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require one and still publish that the sledding itself is free.

A yellow road grader with tyre chains clearing deep snow from a forest car park beside a small concrete restroom building carrying a green permit required sign, under a low grey sky with heavily laden conifers behind
What a winter parking permit buys. Nineteen states sell one, and on almost every hill that needs it the money is for the lot being graded here rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require a permit and still print that the sledding itself is free. The sign on the building is the whole transaction, and it is posted at the entrance rather than at the hill. “Plowing the Sno-Park on OR 58”, OregonDOT, CC BY 2.0

Michigan sledding questions

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Sledding hills in other states

Michigan first snow datesWhen the first measurable snow has historically arrived, which is when a hill starts to be worth the drive.Michigan snowpackHow much snow is actually on the ground right now, from the automated stations that measure it.Michigan plow trackerWhether the road to the hill has been plowed, from the state that plows it.Michigan cross country skiingThe groomed trail systems, which is what most state agencies publish instead of sledding.

Michigan read September 23, 2026 from the agency pages linked beside each hill. Hours, fees and winter parking permit prices are set season by season and a hill opens on snow rather than on a date, so the agency page linked beside each one is the thing that governs on the day. Every state is on the sledding hills hub.