Lower Huron Metropark Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Lower Huron Metropark near French Landing, MI. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi614 – 656 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21015, -83.43943
Nearest town French Landing, MI
Directions
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Lower Huron Metropark Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 615–657 ft
Out & Back · Lower Huron Metropark
Trailhead: 42.21015, -83.43943
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Tawata Trace Rustic Trails, heading N.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 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
86% paved3% grass1% boardwalk10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:36 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Lower Huron Metropark Trail 2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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