The Best Western Sterling Inn located in Sterling Heights, Michigan, is a full-service hotel that also features a 32,000-square-foot indoor water park. Featuring a "zero depth" entry swimming pool, three-story water slide, lazy river, two whirlpools and 2,300-square-foot interactive splash play park, Best Western Sterling Inn is much more than just a hotel. In addition to these indoor water features, Best Western Sterling Inn also provides full-time lifeguards to ensure the safety of its guests and offers a full-service bar that provides drinks and snacks.
Best Western Sterling Inn
34911 Van Dyke Avenue
Sterling Heights, MI 48312
800-953-1400
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The Red Oaks Waterpark, located in Madison Heights, Michigan, is open based on lifeguard availability from the end of May until early September from 10 am to 7 pm on weekends and 11 am to 7 pm on weekdays. It features a soak station with 68 water features, including water jets, water slides, water curtains and a six-foot tipping bucket. Also available, is a spray and play area designed just for toddlers featuring zero-depth entry and 15 water jets. For taller guests (43 inches or more), Red Oaks Waterpark includes a 990-foot long moving river, a triple flume waterslide and a wave pool. Free parking, group rates and a smoke-free environment are also attractive features of this water park.
Red Oaks Waterpark
1455 East 13 Mile Road
Madison Heights, MI 48071
888-627-2757
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Located in Waterford, Michigan, Waterford Oaks Waterpark includes a tropical-themed wave pool with shallow-end bubbler fountains, a dual-flume water slide and wave pool. Smaller children and toddlers can play safely in the shallow water playground, which features 30 interactive activities. A three-story-high group raft ride thrills taller riders down a 515-foot drop with twists and turns, ending at a three-foot-deep splash-down pool. Swim lessons for a fee, picnic areas, bathhouses and free lounge chairs are additional accommodations at Waterford Oaks Waterpark. Hours of operation are weekends, 10 am to 7 pm and weekdays, 11 am to 7 pm, June through September (see the website for exact dates).
Waterford Oaks Waterpark
1702 Scott Lake Road
Waterford, MI 48328-1917
888-627-2757
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