Lower Rouge Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Lower Rouge Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Lower Rouge Parkway near Sheldon, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower Rouge Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Elevation 655–674 ft
Out & Back · Lower Rouge Parkway
Trailhead: River Edge Foot Path · 42.28250, -83.46753
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
- Start on River Edge Foot Path, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto River Edge Foot Path, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto East Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto East Loop Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto River Edge Foot Path, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto River Edge Foot Path, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:16 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:37 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:05 PM.
More from River Edge Foot Path Trailhead
- Flodin Park Cycle Path & ITC Corridor Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- MTB Skinny–Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, 4 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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