Information here is from http://www.twp-york.org/about/parks .

There is a small parking lot on Warner Road 0.3 miles south of 
Bemis Road.  A wood chip trail starts from there.

Bruce     6-8-2006
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Mary McCann Park is a 38-acre site in York Township, southeast 
Washtenaw County.  It is located on Warner Road between Willis 
Road and Bemis Road. It is partially wooded and partially open. 
This site has been owned by the township for some years since 
being deeded to the Township by the State of Michigan as it was 
surplus state land. In 2002, the Township, through the volunteer 
Parks and Recreation Committee, began actively undertaking the 
planning and execution of activities to develop the the site into 
a community parkland. The major theme throughout the planning is 
conservation and preservation of the natural area and the 
protection of the wildlife and flora dwelling there. 

MARY MC CANN PARK

Mary McCann Park, being much smaller that Sandra Richardson Park, 
is less accommodating for a diversified recreational development. 
The park is approximately half wooded and half open field. The 
ten year macro development plan put together in 2002 suggests 
planning for more passive activities such as nature trails, 
limited picnicking and wildlife observation. The first walking/ 
nature trail was completed in 2003 and is about a mile in length. 
In 2004, as a Scouting Eagle award project, a Boy Scout from 
Saline cut a new trail extension through the woods to the large 
open area to the east. In late 2006 an observation platform is 
planned for construction on a small knoll in the open field area. 
From it there is a rather pleasant panoramic view of the 
surrounding areas which are in a natural state at this time. A 
plan is underway to transform the open area into a pleasant ECO-
DEMO site. Identifiable plot sectoring of the land into a number 
of zones each representing a different stage of ecological 
natural progression will provide an interesting and educational 
venue to those visiting the park. The park’s open area is to far 
from the road to be of practical use as an active playing field 
of any type. Cutting a roadway through the forest to the open 
area would be detrimental to the forest and the wildlife. In 
2004, a small parking lot was constructed at the northwest end of 
the park as it fronts onto Warner Road. A bridge spanning the 
small stream which dissects the park was completed in the fall of 
2004. An enlargement to the parking lot is also planned for 2006 
which should be able to accommodate a school bus used for student 
field trips to the ecological demonstration site east of the 
woods.