Michigan · 4 hills
No park agency here publishes a sledding list we could find, so all 4 spots on this page come from local news, tourism or family guides. Treat them as places people use, not places the city has signed off on.
The list reaches past Kalamazoo into Parchment, Portage and Comstock Township.
Sources call Kindleberger Park (Scout Hill) steep.
Echo Valley Winter Sports Park charges a fee; everything else either says it's free or doesn't say.
Pulled from 1 source: WWMT News Channel 3, Feb. 26, 2022.
Listed by park or city Local mention
Pins mark the park or address, not the exact slope. 1 spot could not be placed on the map.
Kalamazoo, MI
WWMT says the course works as a public park in winter.
Source: WWMT News Channel 3, Feb. 26, 2022 · checked 2026-10-28
Get directions to Milham Park Golf Course (opens in a new tab)Apple Maps (opens in a new tab)Parchment, MI
Local note: steep hill with several sides, and the Parchment Library next door to warm up, per WWMT.
Source: WWMT News Channel 3, Feb. 26, 2022 · checked 2026-10-28
Get directions to Kindleberger Park (Scout Hill) (opens in a new tab)Apple Maps (opens in a new tab)Oakland Dr., Portage, MI
Hill is north of the parking lot by the basketball courts, per WWMT.
Source: WWMT News Channel 3, Feb. 26, 2022 · checked 2026-10-28
Get directions to Oakland Drive Park (opens in a new tab)Apple Maps (opens in a new tab)Comstock Township, MI
Paid toboggan run and tubing. Weekends only, per WWMT.
Source: WWMT News Channel 3, Feb. 26, 2022 · checked 2026-10-28
Search on Google Maps to Echo Valley Winter Sports Park (opens in a new tab)Apple Maps (opens in a new tab)None of our Kalamazoo sources say outright that a hill is free. Echo Valley Winter Sports Park charges a fee. For the other 3, cost is Not stated by source.
None of our Kalamazoo sources mention lights, so lighting is Not stated by source. Go in daylight.
In NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for the Grand Rapids station, November is the first month averaging an inch of snow or more, and January averages the most (22.6 inches). Yearly total is about 77.6 inches. More on the Kalamazoo season page.
4, all mentioned by local news or guides, not by the park or city itself. Each one links to its source, checked 2026-10-28.
Not stated by source. We found no single rule for the Kalamazoo area, so read posted signs at each hill.
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