Wixom Habitat

Oak Hills Basin & Ruffino Basin via Michigan Air Line Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Oak Hills Basin & Ruffino Basin via Michigan Air Line Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Wixom Habitat near Wixom, MI. The route passes Ruffino Basin before reaching Oak Hills Basin at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi909 – 942 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Michigan Air Line Trail 42.52428, -83.53780
Nearest town Wixom, MI

Directions

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Oak Hills Basin & Ruffino Basin via Michigan Air Line Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 910–942 ft

Out & Back · Wixom Habitat

Trailhead: Michigan Air Line Trail · 42.52428, -83.53780

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Michigan Air Line Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 200 ftPass Ruffino Basin.
  9. 0.1 miReach Oak Hills Basin, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.2 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

67% paved33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM — 3 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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