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Long Bark Nature Trail & Oakwoods Metro Park Path is a 2.5-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 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi600 – 610 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.10031, -83.33397
Nearest town Flat Rock, MI

Directions

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Long Bark Nature Trail & Oakwoods Metro Park Path

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Elevation 600–611 ft

Out & Back · Oakwoods Metropark

Trailhead: 42.10031, -83.33397

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading NE.
  3. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 300 ftTurn right onto Long Bark Nature Trail, heading E.
  5. 450 ftReach Oakwoods Metro Park Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 300 ftBear right onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading NW.
  8. 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

76% paved7% gravel3% grass14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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