Holiday Nature Preserve, Hines Drives at Nankin MIlls Interpretive Center, Westland, MI
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This section of the Holiday Nature Preserve is known as the Ellsworth section and has its entrance across the street from the Nankin Mills Interpretive Center on Hines Drive just East of Ann Arbor Trail. The preserve was established by Wayne County after the death of Arthur Richardson in 1938. In his will, the Detroit banker and philanthropist made provisions to establish the preserve in the name of his uncle and mentor, William P. Holliday. It took over twenty years to assemble hundreds of little parcels that eventually became the Holliday Wildlife Preserve in 1958.
The preserve at Hines Drive and Nankin Mills is the beginning of the Holiday Nature Preserve trail from the eastern side and it extends almost 10 miles through four sections across many streets all the way to Haggerty Road!! The preserve encompasses nearly 550 acres of land along Tonquish Creek and has a section once a pathway dating back to the Potowanami Indians. Chief Tonquish was killed and buried on the lands within the preserve.The four (or five) main areas of hte preserve are:
Ellsworth entrance is on the south side of Hines Drive across from Nankin Mills, behind the comfort station, near the volleyball courts.
Joy entrance is located on the south side of Joy Road, just west of Wayne Road.
Cowan entrance is located on the north side of Central City Parkway between Nankin Boulevard and Warren Avenue. This secction can be considered an extension of the Joy once, just from another direction.
Newburgh entrance is located on the east side of Newburgh Road, just north of Warren Avenue. No parking at this location.
Koppernick entrance is located on the south side of Koppernick Road, west of Hix Road. [Koppernick Road is located off of Hix Road between Joy Road and Warren Avenue.
Related Web Sites
Holiday Nature Preserve from Wayne County
Holiday Nature Preserve Facebook page
Holiday Nature Preserve from the Examiner
Holiday Nature Preserve from Google Maps
Holiday Nature Preserve from U of M Personal Page
Nankin Mills Interpretive Center
Nankin Mills Nature Center from Wikipedia
Nankin Mills Nature Center from the Henry Ford