Tourist Information

Sterling Heights is home to the Freedom Hill county park, located on Metropolitan Parkway east of Schoenherr Road. It covers hundred acres of land which encompasses a number of picnic areas, walking trails, playgrounds and more. Sterling Heights Public Library has an online library calendar and registration. WII Games is a museum that gives information about the history of Michigan State.

Sterling Fest Art & Jazz Fair is an arts and crafts fair which includes various entertainment programs such as Meijer Laser show and an annual balloon launch. The venue also provides refreshments, snacks and displays the work of more than hundred artisans. Other major tourist attractions are Big Toys Amusement & Theme Park and Kart 2 Kart. The city also includes Saint Thomas Church, Saint Blasé Church and Saint Basil Church.

The hotels in Sterling Heights include Days Inn, Best Western Sterling Inn, Detroit/Sterling Heights Super 8 Motel, Hampton Inn & Suites Detroit/Sterling He, Extended Stayamerica and Baymont Inn & Suites.

General Information

Sterling Heights is amongst the top 100 cities named by Best Life magazine as the “Best Places to Raise a Family” (2008). It ranks as the safest city in Michigan based on 2007 FBI statistics. The Sterling Heights' City Center is one of America's Great Community Places and Public Spaces. The city has won national recognition for its "Sidewalk Inspection Program" which uses meter readers to report hazardous sidewalk conditions. The official city motto of is “To Strive on Behalf of all”. The official flower of Sterling Heights is Lavender Rose and the official tree is Chanticleer Pear.

Sterling Heights has two main highways - The M-53 highway, commonly called as Van Dyke Avenue or the Van Dyke Expressway which leads north into the Thumb and the M-59 highway which is the east-west connector from just north of Mount Clemens, through Utica.

Demographic Information

Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the third largest city in area and the fourth largest in population in the state of Michigan. As per the 2006 census, estimated population was 127,991, the fourth largest in Michigan. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.7 square miles (95.0 km²). The population density was 3,397.0 per square mile (1,311.6/km²). It is a part of the Clinton River watershed. It is a home to more than 3,500 commercial and industrial businesses.