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Lake Erie Metropark Connector & Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path

7.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Lake Erie Metropark Connector & Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Oakwoods Metropark near Flat Rock, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi581 – 614 ft8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.09747, -83.29465
Nearest town Flat Rock, MI
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Lake Erie Metropark Connector & Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path

7.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Elevation 582–613 ft

Out & Back · Oakwoods Metropark

Trailhead: 42.09747, -83.29465

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Downriver Linked Greenways, heading W.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 350 ftSharp left onto Huroc Park Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lake Erie Metropark Connector, heading S.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading NW.
  8. 1.5 miSharp right onto Orange Trail / Blue Trail, heading NE.
  9. 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miReach Lake Erie Metropark Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail / Red Trail, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftSharp left onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading NW.
  13. 1.5 miTurn right onto Lake Erie Metropark Connector, heading NE.
  14. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left onto Huroc Park Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  17. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Downriver Linked Greenways, heading N.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 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/lake-erie-metropark-connector-yellow-trail-out-back-13-km-f183

Trail surface

84% paved14% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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