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Lower Rouge Parkway

MTB Skinny–Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, 4 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

MTB Skinny–Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, 4 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Lower Rouge Parkway near Sheldon, MI. The route reaches MTB Skinny. 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.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 679 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South Loop Trail 42.28045, -83.46685
Nearest town Sheldon, MI
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MTB Skinny–Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, 4 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Elevation 658–680 ft

Out & Back · Lower Rouge Parkway

Trailhead: South Loop Trail · 42.28045, -83.46685

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South Loop Trail, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto East Loop Trail, heading NE.
  5. 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto River Edge Foot Path, heading NW.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading N.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Loop / Morton Taylor Loop, heading W.
  13. 50 ftPass MTB Skinny.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading W.
  15. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.8 miReach MTB Skinny, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.8 miContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Loop / Morton Taylor Loop, heading E.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miBear right onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading E.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto River Edge Foot Path, heading S.
  25. 350 ftTurn left onto East Loop Trail, heading E.
  26. 250 ftBear left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto South Loop Trail, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mtb-skinny-abandoned-morton-taylor-road-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

65% gravel32% dirt3% grass

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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