A GREAT End of Summer Day Event for You and Your Family: Enjoy the Haven Hill Festival at Highland State Recreation Area this coming Saturday, August 28

Enjoy the Haven Hill Festival at Highland State Recreation Area this coming Saturday, August 28. Enter the park at any time during the day and enjoy the Festival from 10 am to 3:00 pm.

Come to visit the Park with your Recreation Passport to enjoy free entry for the day. The Festival activities in the Park are totally free of charge after you enter.

See great natural and historical locations in the Park and enjoy it all with your family as an experience of local history. Henry Ford's son Edsel and his family created an amazing country estate at Haven Hill many years ago, and the history remains to be shared.

Get a great Recreation Passport for all Michigan State Parks and boats ramps for the year at the park entrance if you don't have one already. Bring the entire family!

Go to the Antiques and Collectibles Sale at the Edsel Ford Barn, and also head to Goose Meadow to see Vintage Ford Model A cars, a Vintage Base Ball Game at the ball field starting at 10 am. Get some fundraiser hot dogs, chips, popcorn, ice cream for sale too. Enjoy some live old-time music during the game and have a great day at the Park... A LIVE brass band will play during the old time vintage base ball game!

The Haven Hill historic structures of the Ford era will be open for public viewing during the day. Come and see an AMAZING detailed 3D model of the Ford's former Haven Hill Lodge that will be on display at the Haven Hill Gatehouse near the entrance to the Park!

This is a GREAT event for you and your family in our wonderful State park.

Cancelled - 2020 Haven Hill Festival - Cancelled

The 2020 Haven Hill Festival has been cancelled due to ongoing covid-19 pandemic concerns. Thank you for your support and understanding during these difficult times for all of us.

Thank you for your support and understanding during these difficult times.

Haven Hill Festival at Highland Recreation Area - Saturday, August 29

After a change of date last year to October due to the park roads being resurfaced throughout the summer months, the Haven Hill Festival is back to the last Saturday in August, which this year is the 29th day of the month.

Come to the Haven Hill Festival on Saturday, August 29 and enjoy a celebration of the amazing natural and historic resources of the Highland State Recreation Area in Highland/White Lake, Michigan. The Haven Hill section of this beautiful park was once the country estate home of Edsel and Eleanor Ford and their family. This year’s event will feature several summer activities including the Cedar Creek hiking, biking, and equestrian trail, Ford automobiles on display, an 1860’s Era Base Ball Game, Live Bands, Haven Hill history and Art displays, Walking Tours, Children’s Activities, Summer Foods and Beverages, an Antiques and Collectibles fundraising sale, and more!

The Festival is to be held on Saturday, August 29, 2020 between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. The primary location, at the Goose Meadow Picnic site, will feature a large shade and shelter tent with history displays, the vintage base ball game, Ford automobiles, children’s activities and summer food and beverages. Throughout the Festival the partially restored Haven Hill Gate House at the entrance to the park will be a venue for video shows as well as history and art displays. The renovated garage will be open to the public during Festival hours.

The free family event promotes awareness of the wonderful natural and historic resources that make up Highland State Recreation Area and the Haven Hill National Natural Landmark. A free shuttle van will be provided to transport visitors from Goose Meadow to other park activity locations.

Free Fall Color Tours of Haven Hill This Saturday

The Haven Hill Festival will feature free shuttle bus rides up and down historic Haven Hill to and from the main Festival grounds at Goose Meadow on Saturday. The forests of Highland State Recreation Area are reaching full peak color this weekend and the free shuttle rides will allow visitors to see the beauty along the winding (and in some portions steep!) Haven Hill road up to Edsel and Eleanor Ford’s former Carriage House and Lodge site.

The shuttle will be a rare opportunity for many folks to receive a free and easy bus ride up and down Haven Hill. Some sections of this beautiful road have a high incline and the bus ride will make it easy for otherwise challenged would-be hikers. A historic photo display and Friends of Highland Recreation Area members will be available at the Hill top of the Hill to provide historic information about Edsel and Eleanor Ford’s era.

The top of Haven Hill is a gorgeous sight during the Fall color season. Come to the Haven Hill Festival on Saturday to enjoy the beauty of your state park… especially with a Free ride up and down Haven Hill!

Recreation Passport required for free entry.

Color of Fall BEAUTIFUL at Highland State Recreation Area for Festival

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Haven Hill area visitors to Highland State Recreation Area in Highland/White Lake. Michigan are in for a big treat at this years’ Haven Hill Festival on Saturday the 19th of October - “peak” Fall tree colors!

The 2019 Haven Hill Festival at Highland State Recreation Area celebrates the beautiful recreation area and the historic Haven Hill estate which was once the country home of Edsel and Eleanor Ford. This year's event will feature a 1860’s style base ball baseball food and beverages, kids games and arts and crafts, historic Haven Hill items on display, and vintage Model A Ford automobiles for everyone to enjoy.

A shuttle bus will take you up to the Haven Hill Lodge site and Carriage House area which will be hosted by volunteer members for tours and info. And the Edsel Ford Barn will show off it’s new doors and paint job which is underway!

The Vintage Base Ball game in Goose Meadow will be played in front of a backdrop of Fall colors and feature the Novi Brass Band playing live brass instrument music as the ball players exhibit how ball was played in the 1860’s. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a hot dog and snacks as the game is underway.

Come on out with the family and enjoy the day in the park! State park entry is via the Recreation Passport. The event is free to the public. Donations accepted to support the Friends of Highland Recreation Area volunteer organization.