Pedestrian Bridge over the Huron River, Lower Huron Metropark, Van Buren Township, Michigan - panoramio.jpg
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0

Lower Huron Metropark Trail is a 5.4-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 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21015, -83.43943
Nearest town French Landing, MI

Directions

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Lower Huron Metropark Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 50 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.6 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Tawata Trace Rustic Trails, heading N.
  13. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading S.
  24. 2.2 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

82% paved4% grass4% dirt1% boardwalk9% 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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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