Maybury Farm
Northville’s Maybury Farm is a working farm whose mission is to connect the community to animals and agriculture with hands-on experiences.
Preschoolers
Indian Creek Zoo
Indian Creek Zoo is a small zoo located in Lambertville. Their animals range from bunnies, cows, and chickens to more exotic animals like giraffe, wallabies, capybaras, ostriches, and kangaroos. With older kids, you can splurge on an encounter with various animals like a lemur, wolf, sloth, capybara, or kangaroo.
Calder Dairy
Head out to Calder Dairy and visit the cows that produce their milk. Plan your visit for milking time at 4p. The milking area was recently renovated and now has fun interactive activities. Then buy some milk, yogurt, ice cream, or other dairy products to take home. In addition to the cows, you can also
Detroit Zoo
Make a day of it with a day trip to the Detroit Zoo. A few of our favorite animals to visit are the penguins and polar bears, the prairie dogs, the red panda, and the kangaroo. They even have a wolverine.
Kensington Metropark Farm Center
Kensington Metropark’s Farm Center lets kids (and adults) experience the sights, sounds, and smells of a life on the farm. Visit their 150 year old barn, the poultry house, or the barn exhibit. While at Kensington Metroparks, you can also visit other areas of the park like the lake for swimming or boating, or the
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Carousel Acres
Carousel Acres in South Lyon offers pony parties and mobile petting zoos. You can also visit their farm in spring-fall. They do offer private parties and more at various events. During the season, they offer pony rides ($8) on Saturday and Sunday. They also have a parakeet aviary. The other animals you see on the
Howell Nature Center
The Wild Wonders Wildlife Park at Howell Nature Center features a half-mile woodland trail with over 70 animals. The animals represent 30 bird, mammal, and reptile species that are native to Michigan. All of the animals at Howell Nature Center have been permanently injured or have imprinted on humans and cannot be released. Alexandria’s NatureScape
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The Petting Farm at Domino Farms
The Petting Farm at Domino Farms allows families the chance to interact up close with farm animals. Their animals include cows, goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, and more. You can feed the animals yourselves. Bags of feed are $3. They offer tractor rides seasonally (weather permitting). Tractor ride tickets are $5. Their hours change seasonally. We
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The Creature Conservancy
The Creature Conservancy is a great place to see interesting animals. They are known for their rescues of exotic pets and for injured animals who cannot be released into the wild. They have both indoor and outdoor viewing areas. Outdoor viewing is limited in the winter, but many animals are outside during the summer. They
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Humane Society of Huron Valley
“Love starts here” is the Humane Society of Huron Valley’s motto, and they offer lots of youth activities to foster compassion—not to mention entertain! Both animal-loving and animal-fearing kiddos can benefit from a variety of programs at the modernized shelter.
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