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Willow Metropark

Crosscountry Skiing Trail via Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector

6.5 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Crosscountry Skiing Trail via Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Willow Metropark near New Boston, MI. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi604 – 633 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector 42.15736, -83.39324
Nearest town New Boston, MI
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Crosscountry Skiing Trail via Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector

6.5 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 602–632 ft

Out & Back · Willow Metropark

Trailhead: Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector · 42.15736, -83.39324

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

  1. Start on Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector, heading E.
  2. 2.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Crosscountry Skiing Trail, heading W.
  4. 1 miReach Crosscountry Skiing Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector, heading E.
  7. 2.2 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/crosscountry-skiing-trail-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

70% paved30% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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