Bob White Nature Trail via Lower Huron Metropark Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Lower Huron Metropark near New Boston, MI. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi610 – 646 ft6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.16128, -83.40277
Nearest town New Boston, MI
Directions
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Bob White Nature Trail via Lower Huron Metropark Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 610–647 ft
Out & Back · Lower Huron Metropark
Trailhead: 42.16128, -83.40277
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Bob White Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bob White Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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 surface
92% paved6% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:36 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:16 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:36 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:04 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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