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Lower Rouge Parkway

MTB Skinny–Buckshaver Trail, 5 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 56 min

MTB Skinny–Buckshaver Trail, 5 sights is a 2.8-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. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 679 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South Loop Alternate Connector 42.27902, -83.47059
Nearest town Sheldon, MI
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MTB Skinny–Buckshaver Trail, 5 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 56 min

Elevation 659–680 ft

Out & Back · Lower Rouge Parkway

Trailhead: South Loop Alternate Connector · 42.27902, -83.47059

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South Loop Alternate Connector, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto South Loop Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Loop Alternate Connector, heading N.
  4. 350 ftBear right onto South Loop Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto South Loop Alternate Connector, heading N.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Buckshaver Trail, heading NE.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Morton-Taylor Loop, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto River Edge Foot Path, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading E.
  12. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Loop / Morton Taylor Loop, heading W.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading W.
  16. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftPass MTB Skinny.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.8 miReach MTB Skinny, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.8 miContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Loop / Morton Taylor Loop, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto West Loop Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miBear right onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Rouge Trail, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Abandoned Morton-Taylor Road, heading E.
  26. 100 ftContinue straight onto River Edge Foot Path, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Morton-Taylor Loop, heading E.
  29. 100 ftContinue straight onto Buckshaver Trail, heading SE.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Loop Alternate Connector, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftTurn right onto South Loop Trail, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto South Loop Alternate Connector, heading SE.
  33. 350 ftContinue straight onto South Loop Trail, heading E.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Loop Alternate Connector, heading E.
  35. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mtb-skinny-buckshaver-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

58% gravel32% dirt10% grass

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 3 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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