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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

  1. Start on Cross Country Race Course, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wetland Trail, heading SW.
  3. 300 ftContinue straight onto Beech Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  10. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  14. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  16. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right onto Shearer Drive, heading S.
  18. 0.5 miReach Shearer Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 400 ftSharp left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  30. 1 miBear left, heading N.
  31. 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miBear right onto Beech Trail, heading N.
  33. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wetland Trail, heading NE.
  34. 300 ftContinue straight onto Cross Country Race Course, heading N.
  35. 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