Lake Saint Clair Metropark is the best-known birding site in Macomb County. The Metropark is a 750-acre peninsula that extends into Lake St. Clair. The park offers more than 7 miles of shoreline, 1,600 feet of boardwalk along the lake, and nature trails that explore a wetland in the park's interior. Trails have a wood chip base and are barrier-free.

Lake Saint Clair Metropark is excellent for watching birds. Birds that cross Lake Saint Clair on their annual migrations use the park as a haven in which to rest and feed before continuing their journeys. During October, you may see tens of thousands of diving birds, including cormorants and loons, on a single day. In April and May, you can view loons again as they migrate back north to their breeding grounds in northern Michigan and Canada. May also brings large numbers of warblers and other songbirds to the area. Least bitterns, whip-poor-wills, and black-crowned night herons have been seen and heard on the nature trails through the wetlands. At the end of August, watch for large groups of monarch butterflies and hummingbirds migrating to Mexico for the winter. Occasionally snowy owls are seen here during winter.

From Detroit, take I-94 east to Exit 236. Turn right onto Metro Parkway (16 Mile Road) and follow it about 3 miles to the park entrance. There is an entrance fee for Lake St. Clair Metropark, as with all Metroparks.

Lake Saint Clair Metropark has recreational activities for every interest including bird watching, windsurfing, kiteboarding, boating, bicycling, and swimming. Visitors bike, hike, jog, or in-line skate on the paved trail or hop out on the water from the marina. Others jump in for a swim in the lake or the Olympic-sized swimming pool, featuring waterslides and a spray ground. The park has a par 3 golf course, an adventure putting golf course, and a foot golf course too. Winter brings ice fishing, cross-country skiing, and ice skating.

The AllTrails website has descriptions and maps of hikes at Lake Saint Clair Metropark.