Ferry Drain & Troy Trails
5.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Ferry Drain & Troy Trails is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Jaycee Park near Big Beaver, MI. The route reaches Ferry Drain. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ferry Drain & Troy Trails
5.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 639–668 ft
Out & Back · Jaycee Park
Trailhead: 42.57527, -83.08943
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Transit-accessible: Dequindre / 17 Mile NS (NB) stop 227 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miPass Ferry Drain.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Troy Trails, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Ferry Drain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Dequindre / 17 Mile NS (NB) stop 227 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Finale Climb 15.4 mi · ▲ 242 ft
- Bunker Hill 14.6 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Borden Park entrance road 11.4 mi · ▲ 79 ft
- Ferry Drain 4.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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