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Lake Erie Metropark

Riley Creek Overlook via Downriver Linked Greenways

4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Riley Creek Overlook via Downriver Linked Greenways is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Erie Metropark near Rockwood, MI. The route reaches Riley Creek Overlook. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi574 – 591 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Downriver Linked Greenways 42.08124, -83.23036
Nearest town Rockwood, MI
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Riley Creek Overlook via Downriver Linked Greenways

4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 575–590 ft

Out & Back · Lake Erie Metropark

Trailhead: Downriver Linked Greenways · 42.08124, -83.23036

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Downriver Linked Greenways, heading E.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miPass Riley Creek Overlook.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miReach Riley Creek Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 0.9 miArrive 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/riley-creek-overlook-out-back-7-km-d6cf

Trail surface

60% paved7% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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