Riley Creek Overlook via Downriver Linked Greenways
7.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Riley Creek Overlook via Downriver Linked Greenways is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Erie Metropark near Cherry Island, MI. The route reaches Riley Creek Overlook. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Riley Creek Overlook via Downriver Linked Greenways
7.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 575–590 ft
Out & Back · Lake Erie Metropark
Trailhead: 42.07483, -83.21107
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:34 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Riley Creek Overlook.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Downriver Linked Greenways, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Riley Creek Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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