Overview
Glazier Hill Nature Area is a 1.7-acre nature area along Glazier Way that is tucked between neighborhoods in northeast Ann Arbor. View the Ann Arbor Parks and Nature Areas Map for location context.
Occasionally, visitors may encounter a city park with no trails – as is the case at Glazier Hill Nature Area. These natural areas represent a unique recreation and conservation feature of the city’s park system. In these relatively few spaces across the city, off-trail exploration is encouraged – a rare opportunity to meander through a wild space in our urban context. Visitors are also invited to reflect on the conservation value and biodiversity of these spaces, where the Parks & Recreation’s Natural Area Preservation staff work to steward, restore and inventory the natural communities throughout the city’s parks.
The park is home to over a hundred native plant species, including the fragile fern (Cystopteris fragilis), which is rarely found in the city. The area doesn't receive many human visitors and a variety of wildlife can be seen within.
