Scout Hollow Campground is Re-Opening!

Thanks to a partnership between the Sierra Club's Detroit Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO), the YMCA, Kresge Foundation and the City of Detroit Parks & Recreation, youth camping is returning to Scout Hollow this year. 

​If you have a youth group interested in camping in Rouge Park, Detroit ICO will be offering training for camp leaders and camping equipment to borrow.  More information is available here: detroitoutdoors.org

Friends of Rouge Park
Monthly Membership Meeting
Tuesday, June 19 6:00pm
Westside Christian Academy
9540 Bramell, Detroit (map)

Miss our last meeting?  Read the minutes from the meeting here. Watch our Facebook page for updates here.

Park Events Calendar

July 21, 1:00-5:00pm Open Streets Detroit: Rouge Park 
will temporarily turn three miles of road in Rouge Park into a safe, open and car-free zone for local families and community members to run, bike, skate, shop and play together along Spinoza, Outer, and Rouge Park Drives.
Open Streets Detroit is seeking program partners who can create free, family-friendly, participatory activities focused on physical activity, health and wellness, appreciation of nature, and arts and culture. Applicants are encouraged to submit programming ideas that are participatory and engaging for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. 
Learn more and apply at  http://openstreetsdet.org/program-partners/ - Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, June 25.
We are also seeking volunteers for July 21st. 

August 5, 2:00pm 11th Annual Butterfly & Prairie Walk. Meet at the north entrance to the Prairie Pathway (map) (more details and register here)

Sept 8, 10:00am Grand Opening of the
Sorensen Promenade (map)

The New Stone Bridge Nature Trail is Open!  
Come anytime and enjoy the trail and learn about nature with the six new interpretive signs along the trail!

Planning an event ro want to reserve a shelter in Rouge Park?  Submit the Special Events Application below to the City of Detroit Recreation Department.  For more information, please contact Cheri Davis davisch@detroitmi.gov 313-628-4205​
Mission Statement
To advocate for the protection and enhancement of the natural features and habitats found in Rouge Park and to promote existing activities and facilities and appropriate development of future recreational activities.


The organizations below are joint members of the Friends of Rouge Park.  If you would like your organization to join our coalition, please click the "Join/Renew" button above.

Member Organizations
Detroit YMCA
Joy Community Association
Detroit Aero Modelers
Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Association
West Outer Drive Civic Association
Far West Detroit Civic Association
Warrendale Community Organization
Warren Avenue Community Organization
Friends of the Rouge
National Kidney Foundation
​Cody-Rouge Action Alliance
Motor City Mountain Bike Association
Michigan Black Horseman Assoc
Elite Archery, Inc.
Knuckles Health: Well-Able Walkers, Movers & Shakers Group
Detroit Inspiring Connections Outdoors ​

​Board of Directors
Sally Petrella, President
Arthur Edge, Vice President
Paul Stark, Recording Secretary
Chester Marvin, Treasurer
Paula Trilety, Membership Chair
Lorraine Harris, Corresponding Secretary
​Roger Corpolongo, Trustee
Tom McNulty, Trustee
​Peggy Dankert, Trustee
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Hike the 1-1/4 Mile

Prairie Pathway & Butterfly Garden
(Map to the Trailhead here)

Due to heavy rains this spring, the Prairie Pathway has been too wet to mow.  However, the city is planning to mow it by Friday, June 22.

 See the 2017 Butterfly/Prairie Wildflower Walk Report and Butterfly Slideshow here
Come Explore Rouge Park!
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Last year members of the Friends of Rouge Park helped raise over $250 by using their Kroger Cards.  If you are a member of the Friends of Rouge Park shop at Kroger, you can help us by designating Friends of Rouge Park under the Community Rewards program and we will receive a percentage of your purchases at no cost to you.  To sign up, please go to:
www.krogercommunityrewards.com   (step-by-step directions here).
To become a member of Friends of Rouge Park for only $5/year, click here.

***FOR THOSE OF YOU ALREADY ENROLLED, YOU MUST RE-ENROLL after April 1 each year.  
To do so, log in at above address, then look under Community
Rewards and choose Friends of Rouge Park.
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​The Friends of Rouge Park