[2] It extends from east of Dixie Highway including Ottawa Park Cemetery to the east, to Maple Lane in Moon Valley to the north, to Parview Drive and Greens Lake to the west, to Van Norman Lake to the south.

Waterford Hill's elevation is 1,150 feet, making it the second highest point in Independence Township.

[9] Among those property owners was Stephen Moon (b.1823-d.1909) who, from 1854 until his death, owned 120 acres on the north side of Waterford Hill in section 32.

In the 1870s, Moses Beardslee (b.1823-d.1890) owned a 162-acre apple farm in section 32 on the southern and western side of Waterford Hill.

[9] Jeremiah Ganong (b.1803-d.1891) owned 155 acres in section 33 on the eastern end of Waterford Hill.

[10] From 1886 to 1912, Zenas Van Norman (b.1822-d.1917)[11] owned much of the property along the southern side of Waterford Hill.

The Mill Pond along that side of Waterford Hill was renamed for his family; Van Norman Lake.

[12] Seaholm, a Cadillac automotive executive and the president of the Birmingham, Michigan school district, was responsible for the planting of the pine trees that today cover the hill.