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Oakwoods Metropark

Orange Trail / Blue Trail & Willow Metro Park Path via Oakwoods Metro Park Path

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Orange Trail / Blue Trail & Willow Metro Park Path via Oakwoods Metro Park Path is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Oakwoods Metropark near Willow, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi604 – 627 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Flint Wood Road 42.12002, -83.36792
Nearest town Willow, MI
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Orange Trail / Blue Trail & Willow Metro Park Path via Oakwoods Metro Park Path

4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 605–627 ft

Out & Back · Oakwoods Metropark

Trailhead: Flint Wood Road · 42.12002, -83.36792

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Flint Wood Road, heading S.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Willow Metro Park Path, heading E.
  5. 1.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 500 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange Trail / Blue Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miReach Willow Metro Park Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right onto Willow Metro Park Path, heading S.
  11. 1.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Flint Wood Road, heading NW.
  15. 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/orange-trail-blue-trail-willow-metro-park-path-out-back

Trail surface

65% paved31% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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