State Parks

  • Metal Detecting in State Parks

Metal detecting is allowed in designated state parks but only in designated location. Click on the following link for a list of these parks. Provided is info for each park and maps showing where you can detect or not detect. (Click here) to go to the DNR website.

Entire park open: (Green Colored)
Parks closed to metal detecting: (Red Colored)
Note: Many of these parks are closed do to their "Historic Nature", however some were closed do to a few careless individuals that didn't follow the Metal Detecting "Code of Ethics" (see this link, click here). Please follow these simple rules to prevent future park closings.
All others: (Blue Colored)
Go to link, click on "Click Here for Activity, Facility and Accessibility Details" then click on "here is a map" listed under Metal Detecting heading for map of areas open to detect.

  • Match # and Select Park
1. -- 18. No Listing
19. Algonac State Park
20. Aloha State Park
21. Bald Mountain Recreation State Park
22. Bass River Recreation State Park
23. Bay City State Recreation State Park
24. Brighton Recreation State Park
25. Burt Lake State Park
26. Cambridge Junction Hist. State Park
27. Cheboygan State Park
28. Clear Lake State Park
29. Coldwater Lake State Park
30. No Listing
31. Dodge #4 State Park
32. Duck Lake State Park
33. Fisherman's Island State Park
34. Fort Custer Recreation State Park
35. Grand Haven State Park
36. Grand Mere State Park
37. Harrisville State Park
38. Hart-Montague Trail State Park
39. Hartwick Pines State Park
40. Hayes State Park
41. Highland Recreation State Park
42. Hoeft State Park
43. Hoffmaster State Park
44. Holland State Park
45. Interlochen State Park
46. Holly Recreation State Park
47. Ionia Recreation State Park
48. Island Lake Recreation State Park
49. Kal-Haven Trail State Park
50. Lake Hudson Recreation State Park
51. Lakelands Trail State Park
52. Lakeport State Park
53. Leelanau State Park
54. Ludington State Park
55. Maybury State Park
56. Mears State Park
57. Meridian- Baseline State Park
58. Metamora-Hadley Rec. State Park
59. No Listing
60. Mitchell State Park
61. Muskegon State Park
62. Negwegon State Park
63. Newaygo State Park
64. North Higgins Lake State Park
65. Onaway State Park
66. Orchard Beach State Park
67. Ortonville Recreation Area
68. Otsego Lake State Park

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  • Match # and Select Park
69. Petoskey State Park
70. Pinckney Recreation State Park
71. Pontiac Recreation State Park
72. Port Crescent State Park
73. Proud Lake Recreation State Park
74. Rifle River Recreation State Park
75. Sanilac Petroglyphs Hist. State Park
76. Saugatuck Dunes State Park
77. Seven Lakes State Park
78. Silver Lake State Park
79. Sleeper State Park
80. Sleepy Hollow State Park
81. South Higgins Lake State Park
82. Sterling State Park
83. Tawas Point State Park
84. Thompson's Harbor State Park
85. Traverse City State Park
86. Tri-Centennial State Park
87. Van Buren State Park
88. Van Buren Trail State Park
89. Warren Dunes State Park
90. Warren Woods State Park
91. Waterloo Recreation State Park
92. Wetzel State Recreation State Park
93. White Pine Trail State Park
94. Wilderness State Park
95. Wilson State Park
96. Yankee Springs Rec. State Park
97. Young State Park
98. -- 100. No Listing

  • Not shown but in Upper Peninsula
Brimley State Park
Baraga State Park
Bewabic State Park
Craig Lake State Park
Fayette Historic State Park
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
Indian Lake State Park
Lake Gogebic State Park
McLain State Park
Muskallonge Lake State Park
Palms Book State Park
Porcupine Mountains Wild. State Park
Straits State Park
Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Twin Lakes State Park
Van Riper State Park
Wells State Park


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