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Lower Rouge Parkway

Buckshaver Trail via Lower Rouge Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Buckshaver Trail via Lower Rouge Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lower Rouge Parkway near Sheldon, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi656 – 676 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Rouge Trail 42.27929, -83.44699
Nearest town Sheldon, MI
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Buckshaver Trail via Lower Rouge Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 655–675 ft

Out & Back · Lower Rouge Parkway

Trailhead: Lower Rouge Trail · 42.27929, -83.44699

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lower Rouge Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto East Loop Trail, heading W.
  3. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  6. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 150 ftTurn right onto River Edge Foot Path, heading NW.
  8. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Morton-Taylor Loop, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Buckshaver Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miReach Buckshaver Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Morton-Taylor Loop, heading W.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto River Edge Foot Path, heading W.
  14. 350 ftTurn left onto East Loop Trail, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  18. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.5 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-out-back-3-km-cf23

Trail surface

59% gravel40% dirt1% grass

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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