Bob White Nature Trail via Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Lower Huron Metropark near Willow, MI. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bob White Nature Trail via Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector
11.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Elevation 602–647 ft
Out & Back · Lower Huron Metropark
Trailhead: Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector · 42.13238, -83.37389
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 63°F / low 58° · precip 64% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 4.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Bob White Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bob White Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Lower Huron Metropark Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Huron & Willow Hike-Bike Trail Connector, heading E.
- 2.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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