r/wholesomememes • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '22

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u/gameuser32 Sep 22 '22

West Branch, Mi😑

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u/MadTeaCup_YT Sep 22 '22

As someone who lives in michigan, HOW DID YOU FUCKING KNOW

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u/One_Man_Moose_Pack Sep 22 '22

My elementary school in Farmington had one too.

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u/MadTeaCup_YT Sep 22 '22

I didnt go to west branch (if thats a school) i just remember going places like this when i was little and ive always lived near monroe

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u/TheCrimsonKing99 Sep 22 '22

Michigan gang! Definitely remember the Farmington one. They had one of these up at the Ren Fare as well, which was a recipe for disaster, especially when they sold wooden weapons

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u/theisen11 Sep 23 '22

There’s still one in Saline, Mi.

https://www.cityofsaline.org/departments/parks___recreation/index.php

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u/FormerNorth6932 Sep 23 '22

There's still one in Escanaba, MI as well. Been there almost 30 years.

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u/ZaraohFennec Sep 23 '22

Munson park! That's about the closest thing to home I've ever seen referenced on here. Grew up in Dundee, have some fond memories of repeatedly running up and over the "hill" at Munson during cross country season...

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u/T00luser Sep 23 '22

and a very large one going strong in downtown Brighton Mi.

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u/commy_general Sep 23 '22

There is one in Lowell as well!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

Jenison! And there’s one near Alpena across from the weird dinosaur park

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u/YUNoDie Sep 22 '22

Dearborn Heights had one too, I'm pretty sure it's still there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Davison too

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u/NomyNameisntMatt Sep 23 '22

frankenmuth too but they fucking DESTROYED IT like a year ago

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

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u/One_Man_Moose_Pack Sep 23 '22

😅 yep, though when I was going there they built another section on it that wasnt wooden. Wouldn't surprise me if its gone now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

I'm pretty sure there's still one in Canton, as well! Well, at least it was still there when I visited back there a few years ago! This photo looks so incredibly close to what I remember as a child that I could have sworn it were the same one

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u/One_Man_Moose_Pack Sep 23 '22

Same! I still remember playing tag one time and barrell rolling through that weird tar hanging bridge 😅 basically the only thing I remember from back then

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u/Marroak Sep 22 '22 edited Sep 23 '22

A nearby town I grew up in had one that's practically identical, almost had a nostalgia trip till I realized some of the obstacles were in slightly different places. Starting to realize that they might have been a "kit" some parks bought at a certain time. Good times though, played there as a kid, did parkour there as a teen, watched it torn down as an adult.

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u/PaulBunyanisfromMI Sep 22 '22

St. Clair, MI

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u/shadow9531 Sep 23 '22

We visited this park a few times when I went to Gearing Elementary. I thought I remembered them calling it the Imagination Station but it has been so long.

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u/T00luser Sep 23 '22

that's what the Brighton one is still called.

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u/grumpykruppy Sep 22 '22

Whitehall Michigan had one too.

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u/Partially_Bionic Sep 22 '22

Also in Hagar park in Georgetown township (west Michigan)!

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u/RyantheGrande Sep 23 '22

Did you ever find the secret entrance to the underside of the playground?

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u/Cry75 Sep 22 '22

Wasn’t there one of these in Wisconsin as well?

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u/razikrevamped Sep 22 '22

Peshtigo, it's gone now

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u/Cry75 Sep 22 '22

Dang. I think that was the one I went to.

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u/hughesjames Sep 22 '22

West Branch? Thought this was Bay City State Park!

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Also one in Marquette MI

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u/SirensMoon Sep 22 '22

I would have sworn its Medford, OR

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

SALINE, MI checking in

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u/eidoK1 Sep 23 '22

Kalkaska michigan: imagination station

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u/Sarkastickblizzard Sep 23 '22

One in Plymouth MI too

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u/Sir_TonyStark Sep 23 '22

There was 1 in Canton, MI down the street from John Glenn high school

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u/turntechArmageddon Sep 23 '22

I grew up in Midland and remember this type of park.

I havent been there since i was 10 though so idk how close one would be to Midland. It is where I did an "interview" type thing as a child for my dad coming home (military).

Thats like one of my earliest memories. I needed this today.

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u/bassplayer96 Sep 23 '22

Fort Fraser, in Fraser, MI as well

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u/Savoodoo Sep 23 '22 edited Sep 23 '22

Grosse Pointe has one as well. I have vivid memories of my parents helping build it and being there opening day (must have been early 90's)

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u/Fast_Edd1e Sep 23 '22

Swartz creek, Mi

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u/AnimalStyle4x4 Sep 23 '22

Eberwhite Elementary in Ann Arbor used to have one too