Long Bark Nature Trail & Oakwoods Metro Park Path is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Oakwoods Metropark near Waltz, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi600 – 614 ft4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange Trail / Blue Trail 42.10616, -83.34554
Nearest town Waltz, MI
Directions
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Long Bark Nature Trail & Oakwoods Metro Park Path
3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 600–613 ft
Out & Back · Oakwoods Metropark
Trailhead: Orange Trail / Blue Trail · 42.10616, -83.34554
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange Trail / Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading S.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 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.
- 250 ftBear right onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading N.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto Orange Trail / Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 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 surface
93% paved4% gravel2% grass1% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:36 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Orange Trail / Blue Trail Trailhead
- Oakwoods Metro Park Path 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Washago Pond & Willow Hike-Bike Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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