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Lake Erie Metropark

Boat House & Dock–Cherry Island Trail, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Boat House & Dock–Cherry Island Trail, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Erie Metropark near Cherry Island, MI. The route reaches Boat House & Dock. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi571 – 581 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cherry Island Trail 42.07906, -83.19437
Nearest town Cherry Island, MI
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Boat House & Dock–Cherry Island Trail, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Elevation 572–581 ft

Out & Back · Lake Erie Metropark

Trailhead: Cherry Island Trail · 42.07906, -83.19437

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cherry Island Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftPass Boat House & Dock.
  5. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Trapper's Run, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miReach Boat House & Dock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 400 ftTurn left onto Cherry Island Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miArrive 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/boat-house-dock-cherry-island-trail-out-back-4-sights-4-km-f84f

Trail surface

6% paved94% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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