Bird Creek Park
Bird Creek Park is a park in Port Austin Township, Huron, Michigan. Bird Creek Park is situated nearby to the marina Port Austin State Harbor, as well as near the tourism office Port Austin Welcome Center.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Port Austin Light and Turnip Rock.
Port Austin Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Charles Bash, CC BY 2.0.
Port Austin Lighthouse is a lighthouse off the shore of Lake Huron, about 2.5 miles north of Port Austin, Huron County Michigan sitting on a rocky reef, which is just north of the tip of the Thumb and a real hazard to navigation. Port Austin Light is situated 2½ miles north of Bird Creek Park.
Turnip Rock
Turnip Rock is a small geological formation in Michigan. It is a stack located in Lake Huron, in shallow water a few yards offshore, near the rock called the Thumbnail which is the extreme tip of Pointe Aux Barques, a small peninsula in Pointe Aux Barques Township which in turn is the extreme tip of The Thumb, a large peninsula comprising several counties in eastern Michigan. Turnip Rock is situated 2 miles northeast of Bird Creek Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Austin and Grindstone City Historic District.
Port Austin
Village
Photo: Notorious4life, CC0.
Port Austin is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Port Austin had a population of 622. The village is within Port Austin Township.
Grindstone City Historic District
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grindstone City Historic District is an industrial historic district located on M-25 in Grindstone City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Grindstone City Historic District is situated 4½ miles east of Bird Creek Park.
Bird Creek Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Port Austin Township, Huron, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.04819° or 44° 2′ 54″ northLongitude
-82.99223° or 82° 59′ 32″ westOperator
Port AustinOpen location code
86PV22X5+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 648634495OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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