Shearer Drive is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Hines Parkway near Northville, MI. It is mostly level, with 215 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi758 – 856 ft7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bennett Bend Trail 42.41495, -83.47674
Nearest town Northville, MI
Directions
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Shearer Drive
6.6 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 760–856 ft
Out & Back · Hines Parkway
Trailhead: Bennett Bend Trail · 42.41495, -83.47674
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cross Country Race Course, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wetland Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Beech Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Shearer Drive, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Shearer Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Beech Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wetland Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Cross Country Race Course, heading N.
- 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 surface
39% paved24% dirt37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:35 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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