Parks and Facilities Northville Michigan

The Northville Parks and Recreation Department manages the parks and facilities in the city. This includes neighborhood and community parks with amenities like soccer fields, baseball/softball fields, lacrosse fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, picnic pavilions, dog parks and multi-modal trails/pathways, as well as two unique parks with historic houses and structures: Mill Race Village and Thayer’s Corner.

The department also oversees two indoor facilities: the Northville Community Center and the Recreation Center at Hillside, which have basketball, volleyball, pickleball and badminton courts, mini-gyms, meeting/activity rooms, and a banquet room. The Parks and Recreation Department is a shared program between the City of Northville and Northville Township, with the Township responsible for 84% of the funding and the City responsible for 16%.