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Lower Rouge Parkway

Flodin Park Cycle Path & ITC Corridor Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Flodin Park Cycle Path & ITC Corridor Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Lower Rouge Parkway near Sheldon, 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 mi656 – 679 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South Loop Trail 42.28059, -83.46823
Nearest town Sheldon, MI
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Flodin Park Cycle Path & ITC Corridor Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 656–679 ft

Out & Back · Lower Rouge Parkway

Trailhead: South Loop Trail · 42.28059, -83.46823

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South Loop Trail, heading E.
  2. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto East Loop Trail, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto East Loop Trail Connector, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftSharp left onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading E.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Corridor Cutoff, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto ITC Corridor Trail, heading SE.
  13. 2.3 miBear left onto Fellows Creek Wetland Nature Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Flodin ~ Fellows Creek Connector, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Flodin Park Cycle Path, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miReach ITC Corridor Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Flodin ~ Fellows Creek Connector, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Fellows Creek Wetland Nature Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miBear right onto ITC Corridor Trail, heading NE.
  20. 2.3 miTurn left onto Corridor Cutoff, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  23. 150 ftSharp right onto East Loop Trail Connector, heading S.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto East Loop Trail, heading S.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  27. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 250 ftBear left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto South Loop Trail, heading S.
  31. 50 ftArrive 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/flodin-park-cycle-path-itc-corridor-trail-out-back-9-km-0095

Trail surface

79% gravel13% dirt5% grass1% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~62 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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