Hines Park

I live near Hines Park, so I get to take Hines Drive to work and back. I always think of how fortunate we are to have such a huge, beautiful park in Wayne County. It’s a great place to run/​walk/​jog, ride bikes, take the kids and dogs to play, have picnics and family reunions, and sled in the winter. On Saturdays this summer, they’re closing the park to car traffic so people can bike, run, etc., without worrying about traffic.

Hines Park in one word — serenity
Its a nice place to chiill out and enjoy nature. Around Christmastime you can enjoy the Wayne County Lightfest and they even added a Santa for pictures if that’s your thing, it certainly is mine.
If you are a biker or a jogger, this is a great place that you might enjoy. If you are looking for a nice relaxed car ride to clear your head while listening to tunes, this place would definitely be your ish. I personally enjoy some relaxing 80’s and 90’s music as a backdrop to this calming car ride. (Yo Oasis… What up Doe)
Tip — Hines Park is known for its gay scene, if that’s your thing. It’s not mine, but I am all for it. A few of my gay friends love coming here for more privacy and the relaxing aatmosphere and that’s a good thing, especially in this nice relaxing and beautiful area.

It is misnamed here. To get more info online check ‘Hines Drive’. Limited access from cross streets which is good if you want to walk or bike. Traffic heavier currently as route is used more due to I96 closure. Like everything in Wayne County lacks maintainence. And if biking, be aware there are a few sections where you have to get in the road. But the bike lane is great and other riders give. Heads up when passing; good because I start to day dream. Down side is too many animal carcasses, which happens where ever you ride on a shoulder. And some nice areas to sit quietly and enough provided the Rouge River isn’t too smelly.

Want aware people actually rate this place, haha. It’s clean, they take very good care of everything in here. I grew up down here, moved to northern Michigan a few years ago, so being back down here, I love driving in Hines park to relax, and pretending I’m back up north.
Now, you can’t really complain about this place flooding, that’s the purpose of the park is to flood, so that all of our nice homes and businesses do not. Multi propose park, serves in so many ways people don’t really think of, without it, things wouldn’t be so easy.
Also, there’s a dog park that looks really cool. I wish I still had my dog, take full advantage of that. Maybe once my kid is old enough, I’ll take her here for a bit off training, ha!

Just got done with their annual christmas light show and it was fantastic!!! Everything was perfectly arranged and we had soo much fun looking at all of the lights… If you’ve never seen it it’s definitely worth it to go. Cost is 5 dollars. This is something the whole family would enjoy

Love riding my bike through there peaceful brings up lots of great childhood memories

Great place to Bike ride, Jog or sit and read a book. I did go here for the Christmas Light show and the traffic was terrible. I go every year and never seen it like this. It has become pretty popular. I never went through. My friend and I decided to forgo it for now. This is not the parks fault. This has obviously not the parks fault. The word has got out. This is a great event for kids. Great park overall.

My husband and I recently moved to Saline, and one of the things I miss is Hines! We used to love going for walks or drives there during the fall, and the beautiful scenery and trees made it such a nice spot to come and relax.

My favorite place to run!
I am an avid runner and I absolutely love running here!
It should be said that it is more than 15 miles long and runs from Dearborn to Northville, so there is no lack of variety in terrain, distances and scenery. There are alot of places to park and quite a few bathroom stops (just in case).
It isn’t just a good place to run either, there are baseball diamonds, playgrounds, picnic tables and even a dog park.
Entrance to the park is always free and on weekend mornings the park is closed to vehicle traffic so runners and bikers have free reign of the roads.

I visit Hines Park often! The fall is my favorite time in the park, I love to go there and take photographs! You don’t even have to stop in the park to enjoy it… just drive through, the scenery is amazing!

I’ve been to Hines Park twice, once down in Dearborn and once way up in Northville. Both times I was running. It’s pretty super – a nice long course to run; free parking is abundant; there are bathrooms pretty regularly (not sure if they close in the winter, though). It’s just slightly hilly, which makes for a better workout. I do have to say that the scenery was pretty monotonous, at least at the end of summer. I kind of expected it to be more scenic. And it’s certainly pleasant, but not nearly as interesting a place to run as Belle Isle or the Riverwalk in Detroit. I’ll definitely try to hit it when fall comes around. A super place to train, anyway, and the folks who were there for picnics and so forth seemed pretty pleased too.

Hines Park offers a variety of things to see and do year round. The summertime offers plenty of picnic areas, ball fields, and bike paths. As Becki mentioned in her review, just going on a drive through this area is relaxing as the road winds here and there with some rolling hills.
In the winter you will see people out cross country skiing and there is also a big sledding hill in the park.
As the holidays approach the Hines Park Lightfest is a beautiful display to see. Take a date, take the kiddies, everyone is sure to enjoy it. If you do go be warned that weekends are especially busy and it’s typical to see a line of cars to get into the park to drive through this show. Also I would highly recommend stopping at getting out of the car in the parking lot at the end of the show at Warrendale Park. There are several other displays to see on foot behind the warming shelter and restrooms. This includes some big trees and a cool «tunnel of lights» you can walk through.
There are two annual events that kick off Lightfest that are lots of fun. First on the Tuesday before the opening is an 8K fun run or walk through the Lightfest. The other is on Wednesday before opening, a bike through the Lightfest (10 mile round trip). I like both events but highly recommend the bike event. The road is closed to traffic and so this is a very safe and family-​friendly event to do with the kids. The course is round trip so if you feel you can’t make the whole 10 miles you simply turn around and head back. This is not a race but more like a bike tour. You see lots of bikes decorated for the holidays too!
In 2008 the Lightfest run is on 11÷18÷08 and the bike event is 11÷19÷08.
More info about the events at Hines Park can be found here on their calendar:

Hines Park has everything! It’s not actually one ‘park,’ but a whole bunch. Hines Drive (the road through the park) is 40mph the whole way, so even just driving through is relaxing and gives an opportunity to just watch nature roll by. It’s not unusual to see deer and other critters.
There are also many, many activities at the park. Just today I saw that they’re getting ready for the giant light display for the holidays. According to their website, it’s the Midwest’s largest Holiday Light Show! (It should be, to be able to get a preview in mid-​October of a show that doesn’t start til November 20.)
In the summer there are also canoe and other boat rentals at different parks within the Park. Really, I could list things you can do at Hines Park all day long — just head on over and have fun — you’ll find something you’ll enjoy!