Pavilion Shore Park — Attraction in Novi

This once historic venue for entertainment is now a wonderful park! From the 1920’s through the 1960’s it been an entertainment center drawing thousands! When it was the Walled Lake Casino it drew thousands from the city to see performers such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Guy Lombardo and later Chuck Berry, The Four Seasons, and Stevie Wonder. The building burned down in 1965. An amusement park was then built and people continued to flock there for the rides and for picnics. Boat rentals were also available until it closed in the 1960’s. Novi recently built a nice park on this historic ground. The park opened in 2016. It is really a nice park with a great view, good for picnics, and it has a playscape. Historical markers...

A peaceful, beautiful park with a calming small lake to relax next to. The sidewalks are wide enough for people or bicycles to pass by and the entire park is spotless, clean and well maintained. However, I gave this park only 4 stars because there is absolutely NO parking! I counted 6 parking spots, (maybe 8, counting the 2 handicap spots). The sidewalks were made only for the park area, so if you decided to walk around the park, you will be walking on the streets. Too bad they didn’t make a walking path around the entire lake. In addition, there is enough land at the front of the park to add more parking or the city wanted it this way to keep this special gem to the locals that can walk to the park and not have to...

Pretty nice park! I stopped by between 2 of my shifts and at first I was a bit disappointed, didn't seem to be much. I was pleasantly surprised though. Lots and lots of nice, flat grassy areas, some scattered trees and a large waterfront. Very very pretty. There was a marriage proposal being set up while I sat in the sun for a bit. There's a nice deck, a covered area for picnic tables as well. The bummer was that there used to be a beach-it's not much anymore. I overheard some other folks talking and they said, "yeah, it's kinda hard to get in safely now". Due to the amounts of rocks and everything else in the...