Overview
Foxfire East Park is a 3.14-acre undeveloped natural area located on Dhu Varren Road at Omlesaad, in the northeast corner of the city. View the
Ann Arbor Parks & Nature Areas Map for location context. It contains a shallow ravine and is seasonally quite wet. In the recent past, elms and ash were the dominant trees. The park borders the much larger
Buttonbush Nature Area and is a short walk from
Foxfire North Park.
Foxfire East Park is one of a number of city park properties with no trails or amenities. 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 and volunteers work to steward, restore and inventory the natural communities throughout the city’s parks.
