Lower Rouge Parkway

Flodin Park Cycle Path & ITC Corridor Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Flodin Park Cycle Path & ITC Corridor Trail is a 5.5-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 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: East Loop Trail 42.28008, -83.46070
Nearest town Sheldon, MI

Directions

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Flodin Park Cycle Path & ITC Corridor Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 656–679 ft

Out & Back · Lower Rouge Parkway

Trailhead: East Loop Trail · 42.28008, -83.46070

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on East Loop Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto East Loop Trail Connector, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftSharp left onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading W.
  4. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Corridor Cutoff, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto ITC Corridor Trail, heading W.
  7. 100 ftBear left onto Crooked Vulture Trail, heading N.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto ITC Corridor Trail, heading N.
  9. 2.2 miBear left onto Fellows Creek Wetland Nature Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Flodin ~ Fellows Creek Connector, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Flodin Park Cycle Path, heading E.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftReach ITC Corridor Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Flodin ~ Fellows Creek Connector, heading N.
  20. 150 ftTurn right onto Fellows Creek Wetland Nature Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miBear right onto ITC Corridor Trail, heading E.
  22. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Crooked Vulture Trail, heading S.
  23. 350 ftBear right onto ITC Corridor Trail, heading S.
  24. 100 ftTurn left onto Corridor Cutoff, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  27. 150 ftSharp right onto East Loop Trail Connector, heading S.
  28. 250 ftTurn left onto East Loop Trail, heading S.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

82% gravel11% dirt4% paved1% grass2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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