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Lower Rouge Parkway

Buckshaver Trail & ITC Corridor Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Buckshaver Trail & ITC Corridor Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Lower Rouge Parkway near Canton, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 679 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: ITC Corridor Trail 42.31066, -83.47758
Nearest town Canton, MI
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Buckshaver Trail & ITC Corridor Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 659–679 ft

Out & Back · Lower Rouge Parkway

Trailhead: ITC Corridor Trail · 42.31066, -83.47758

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on ITC Corridor Trail, heading E.
  2. 2.6 miContinue straight onto Crooked Vulture Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading W.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto River Edge Foot Path, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Morton-Taylor Loop, heading S.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Buckshaver Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Loop Alternate Connector, heading W.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto South Loop Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftReach ITC Corridor Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto South Loop Alternate Connector, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto Buckshaver Trail, heading SW.
  16. 400 ftContinue straight onto Morton-Taylor Loop, heading W.
  17. 250 ftTurn left onto River Edge Foot Path, heading W.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftSharp right onto Crooked Vulture Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto ITC Corridor Trail, heading NW.
  24. 2.6 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/buckshaver-trail-itc-corridor-trail-out-back-10-km-16e5

Trail surface

86% gravel13% dirt1% grass

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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