Oakwoods Metro Park Path & Yellow Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Oakwoods Metro Park Path & Yellow Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Oakwoods Metropark near Flat Rock, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Oakwoods Metro Park Path & Yellow Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 600–613 ft
Out & Back · Oakwoods Metropark
Trailhead: Oakwoods Metro Park Path · 42.10556, -83.31910
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading SW.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto Orange Trail / Blue Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Oakwoods Metro Park Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail / Red Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading SW.
- 1.8 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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