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Clinton River Park North

Abandoned Dragline Excavator–Clinton River Park Trails - P Loop, 4 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Abandoned Dragline Excavator–Clinton River Park Trails - P Loop, 4 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Clinton River Park North near Sterling Heights, MI. The route reaches Abandoned Dragline Excavator. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi604 – 653 ft10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.58164, -83.01106
Nearest town Sterling Heights, MI
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Abandoned Dragline Excavator–Clinton River Park Trails - P Loop, 4 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 602–653 ft

Out & Back · Clinton River Park North

Trailhead: 42.58164, -83.01106

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftPass Abandoned Dragline Excavator.
  13. 250 ftTurn left onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Clinton River Park Trails - Single Track, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Clinton River Park Trails, heading NE.
  16. 200 ftTurn right onto Clinton River Park Trails - Single Track, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Clinton River Park Trails - P Loop, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftSharp right onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading NW.
  21. 500 ftTurn right onto Clinton River Park Trails, heading N.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Clinton River Park Trails, heading N.
  24. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  29. 100 ftBear right onto Blue (South End), heading N.
  30. 250 ftBear right onto Clinton River Hike and Bike Trail, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue (South End), heading NW.
  32. 50 ftBear right onto Oakland-Macomb Interceptor Drain (OMID) Access Road, heading NW.
  33. 0.2 miReach Abandoned Dragline Excavator, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 0.2 miBear left onto Blue (South End), heading N.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clinton River Hike and Bike Trail, heading N.
  36. 50 ftBear left onto Blue (South End), heading N.
  37. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  38. 100 ftBear left onto Clinton River Hike and Bike Trail, heading N.
  39. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  41. 0.4 miBear right onto Clinton River Park Trails, heading S.
  42. 0.9 miTurn left onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading SE.
  43. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clinton River Park Trails, heading E.
  44. 450 ftTurn left onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading E.
  45. 500 ftSharp left onto Clinton River Park Trails - P Loop, heading E.
  46. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  48. 350 ftContinue straight onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading SW.
  49. 0.3 miTurn left onto Clinton River Park Trails - Single Track, heading S.
  50. 0.6 miTurn left onto Clinton River Park Trails, heading S.
  51. 200 ftSharp right onto Clinton River Park Trails - Single Track, heading SW.
  52. 0.2 miSharp left onto Clinton River Park Main Trail, heading SE.
  53. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  54. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  55. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  56. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  57. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  58. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  59. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  60. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  61. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  62. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  63. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  64. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/abandoned-dragline-excavator-clinton-river-park-trails-p-loop-out-back-4-sights-14-km

Trail surface

69% paved26% dirt3% boardwalk1% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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