Salt Springs Park

Salt Springs Park

263 Monroe St.
Note: parking is located in front of the Wastewater Treatment Plant.  For GPS directions to the park, use the plant's address: 247 Monroe St., Saline 48176

Salt Springs Park is Saline's newest in the park system.

We have completed phase 1 of construction which added in a parking lot, trail head and sidewalks.

Phase 2 is not scheduled as of yet but we are hoping to add in more hiking trails and historical information about the salt springs

Enjoy some wonderful photos and historical information about the park.



Saline received its name from the salt springs which can be found in this park, read below about some points of interest or download the flyer here.
Salt Springs Points of Interest

Salt Weep Flats Salt brine from an ancient sea bed formed 600 million years ago, is forced up to the earth's surface by ground water pressure to form salt springs.	War of 1812 William Harrison, who became the 9th president of the United States, was a General in the American military. He had troops stationed at the salt springs to guard against Native American raids in the war of 1812.
Ice Age Animals Came 12,000 years ago for the salt and minerals. - Mammoth - Mastodon - Muskox	Joseph Francis 1819 A surveyor, working in Michigan before Orange Risdon, who documented the salt springs.
Paleo-Indians Late Pleistocene Period 1300 AD Built burial mounds near the salt springs area.	Early English Speaking Settlers 1824 First settled in and around the salt springs area before Saline's present location on US-12.
Potawatomi Indians 500 years ago they migrated to Michigan. Hunted game were attracted to the salt springs. They also traded salt with neighboring tribes along the "Six Trails".	Orange Risdon 1824, Surveyed US-12 Purchased land in the Saline River valley and founded the permanent village in 1832, he named it Saline.
French Traders Late 1600s First Europeans to discover the salt springs.	York Grist Mill 1832 Isaac Jewett built the York Grist Mill, located near the salt springs. It produced flour from grain and lasted until the late 1940s.
Robert de La Salle 1680 French Missionary-Explorer Traveled through the salt springs.	Early Salt Mine 1865  Speculators mine salt by means of wells in the salt springs area.
General Anthony Wayne 1779 The winter military camp troops engaged in salt production.	Horse Race Track 1893 The Saline Driving Association operated a 1/2 mile track just south of town, not far from Salt Springs Park. The track was most likely where the DNR fish research station is today.

Visitors are able to enjoy parts of the park right now but please be careful where you walk, there is quite a bit of poison ivy that is still needing to be cleared.

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