Lower Huron Metropark Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Lower Huron Metropark near New Boston, MI. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi617 – 656 ft2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.17868, -83.42845
Nearest town New Boston, MI
Directions
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Lower Huron Metropark Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 39 min
Elevation 618–656 ft
Out & Back · Lower Huron Metropark
Trailhead: 42.17868, -83.42845
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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
100% paved
Weather
Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:35 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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