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Grand Blanc Commons, Grand Blanc, MI

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Sports & Outdoors

Grand Blanc Commons

A 137.5-acre city-owned nature preserve with trails and a creek, behind McFarlen Library.

515 Perry Road · Grand Blanc, MI

About Grand Blanc Commons

The Commons is a large natural preserve kept mostly undeveloped. Thread Creek flows through it, a bridge helps visitors cross, and many trails wind through the grounds. Bird-watching groups and other nature gatherings often meet here. Eagle Scout projects have groomed trails, cleared creek banks, and added benches and bird and bat houses. The land was a family farm for generations before residents raised funds to buy it in the early 1980s, and it is now kept as a passive park.

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