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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Long Bark Nature Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Oakwoods Metro Park Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 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.
More from this trailhead
- Oakwoods Metro Park Path 4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Oakwoods Metro Park Path 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Oakwoods Metro Park Path 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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