Warren Woods Forest Primeval — Attraction in Chikaming Township

Reviewing this park from the south (Warren Woods State Park) and the north (here) to try and clarify the experience.

This is a really well-maintained park with approximately a mile of easy hiking trail. We came here after a challenging morning hike at Grand Mere and it was a perfect relaxing walk in the woods with the dog.

From the north, you can park along the wide of Warren Woods Rd. and enter the clearly-marked trail section. This is the old growth (forest primeval) of the park, mainly sugar maples and American beeches of outstanding height. There are nice views of the river down the slope to the west as well.

After about a half mile of smooth hiking, you'll descend to a very boggy lowland where you can find a bridge over the river and wooden steps that bring you to a nice informational marker showing the unique trees and birds of the forest.

The remaining half mile or so is through second growth forest with more diversity but a lot fewer beeches. You can turn around at the souther entrance parking area, where you can find a latrine if needed.

If you go here for the right reasons, it's truly a delight - seeing the old growth sugar maple and American beech was more than...

This is a really great Forest Preserve not very big but there's a nice connector Trail between Warren Woods Road and Elm Valley Road where the main entrance is. They have rustic facilities. A couple benches along the way to sit and watch the beautiful nature. I really pretty big bridge over the creek. You get to walk / hike through old growth forests and bog / swamplands. If you take your time you can see all kinds of Flora and Fauna. The entrance on Warren Woods Road is easy to miss however you drive through a canopy and you'll see pull off parking on both sides of the road it's very close to the bridge that crosses a small Creek which is just west of the parking for the trailhead. I haven't checked exactly but I would guess the trail is about three-quarters of a mile to 1 mile each way. You don't really need hiking shoes or boots however the trail can be damp/ really wet so they certainly can't hurt in the lowlands, and in the wintertime the bogs freeze so you can walk on them...

This is a park with hiking and amazing old growth forest. Currently road work permits only entrance through a back road. One trail, no maps. Sign some way in has a trail map on it, but stairs down to the river bridge cross to an unmarked divide that is unclear about direction to go. We have visited previously several years ago and the trees are amazing, but we could not easily find them on this trip. Hike along river was blocked by several massive trees down across trail. We'll not visit again until road is open. No restrooms...