Huron Valley Trail
6.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Huron Valley Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Lyon Oaks County Park near Wixom, MI. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Huron Valley Trail
6.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 928–970 ft
Out & Back · Lyon Oaks County Park
Trailhead: 42.51977, -83.56134
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Orchard Loop, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Prairie Pathway, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Huron Valley Trail, heading N.
- 2.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Prairie Pathway, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Orchard Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Huron Valley Trail 16.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Huron Valley Trail 16.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Horse Track & Old Orchard Loop via Huron Valley Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 62 ft
- Coyote Corridor & Horse Track via Huron Valley Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Huron Valley Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Norton Creek–Coyote Corridor, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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