Bird Hills Blast
The City of Ann Arbor has a LOT of parks, so we've broken them up into convenient groups! For this badge, you'll be in the BIRD HILLS area!
In order to get this BADGE, you'll have to visit some of the beautiful Bird Hills sites and find the main sign for each park! Your codes will all be based off the sign itself or the nearby surrounding area!
Some of these are neighborhood parks with little to no parking. Please be respectful of the neighbors of these parks, and PLEASE be safe and aware of traffic when seeking out these park signs! You've got all summer to find these, so no rush!
Below are the SPECTACULAR places this badge will lead you to with the links to the city pages to each park in alphabetical order, and here's a map to help you find each sign. Use this map to know EXACTLY where each sign is! Street addresses and google maps can be misleading! Plan your own route and be careful!
Can't make it to these parks? Has construction season foiled all your park exploring plans? No worries! Contact us for a handy guide to get your CODES!
Want to see where we'll be leading you in the Park Explorer series this summer? Here's a map of ALL the locations from ALL the badges!
Now get EXPLORING!
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Badge Series
Arbor Explorer 2020
Game
SummerGame2020
Difficulty
⭐️⭐️ Tricky
2 of out 4 difficulty
Badge Points
500
Comments
for Belize Park, the hint…
for Belize Park, the hint says 7 letters. It should be 6 letters.
Good catch! It's fixed now!…
Good catch! It's fixed now! Thanks for the tip and THANKS for PLAYING!
thanks for responding so…
thanks for responding so quick! I love the summer game!
You can use Google Maps…
You can use Google Maps street view to get most of the clues.
Newport Park is supposed to…
Newport Park is supposed to have one letter and one number. I tried N with every single digit number, and got - nothing!
Hi @lawrencekl57, are you…
Hi @lawrencekl57, are you spelling out the number? For this code, you want to actually spell it out, not just use a digit. Let us know if you're still having trouble and we can email you the code. Thanks for playing!
I got it, but there are only…
I got it, but there are only two yellow boxes, which for every other clue seems to indicate the number of digits.
I disagree with the number…
I disagree with the number of e's on the Newport Creek Nature Area sign. I had to go up one.
Same here
Same here
And the White Oak Park's…
And the White Oak Park's first line only has 8 letters...
Hi @Xris, it sounds like you…
Hi @Xris, it sounds like you found a different White Oak Park sign and Newport Creek sign than the ones intended! Make sure you're looking at the maps we created for each badge (underneath the badge description) so you know what location the sign we used for the code is in. If you're still having trouble, let us know and we'll be happy to email you the codes. THANKS for playing!
I can't figure out what the…
I can't figure out what the color is on the Bird Hills sign. I tried yellow and beige...
May I suggest trying white?…
May I suggest trying white? Thanks for playing! :)
I can’t seem to get Creal…
I can’t seem to get Creal park. Does the symbol & count as a word? Or is it spelled out? I don’t get it
Hi @Jessica, you just need…
Hi @Jessica, you just need to spell out the first four words on the brown sign attached to the Creal Park sign. Hint: the first word is an animal! If you can't get it or don't want to return to the park, just let us know and we'll email you the code!
there are no signs attached…
there are no signs attached to the Creal Park sign.
We'll email you the code! Be…
We'll email you the code! Be on the inbox lookout! :)
There are two signs, on…
There are two signs, on opposite ends of the park. You need the one on Creal Crescent.
For Bird Hills, why does it…
For Bird Hills, why does it say the color of the sign that is NOT white if the answer IS white? It makes no sense...
The clue says to use the…
The clue says to use the colors of the small signs attached to the Bird Hills Park sign! You want the color of the "No Smoking" sign and the "Parks & Rec" emblem, not the big wooden sign that they are attached to. I hope that helps! Thanks for playing!
For the Mixtwood Pomona sign…
For the Mixtwood Pomona sign, there are actually 4 letters without anything under them. We still manage to figure out the code, but the kids were stumped by the misleading clue.
Sorry for any confusion! The…
Sorry for any confusion! The clue has been updated to be more clear. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for playing! :)
We cannot figure out the…
We cannot figure out the Creal Park code. We took a photo of the sign that is in the location on your map but it only has two signs attached to it and neither fit the clue/hint. We had no issues with any of the other park signs. Please advise. Thanks!
Sure thing! We'll email you…
Sure thing! We'll email you the code! :)
Bird road is closed for road…
Bird road is closed for road work. Is the sign on that road or some other road?
Based on the map it looks like it should be in bird road.
Help please!
Hi @Jannana37, the Bird…
Hi @Jannana37, the Bird Hills sign that we used is actually off Newport Rd and should be accessible. But if you'd like us to email you the code, just let us know. Thanks for playing!
I can't figure out the Creal…
I can't figure out the Creal Park code! I didn't see any signs attached to the Creal Park sign. Thanks.
We can email you the code…
We can email you the code for Creal Park!