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Willow Hike-Bike Trail & Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path

6.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Willow Hike-Bike Trail & Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Oakwoods Metropark near Willow, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi604 – 627 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Willow Hike-Bike Trail 42.12544, -83.37125
Nearest town Willow, MI
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Willow Hike-Bike Trail & Yellow Trail via Oakwoods Metro Park Path

6.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 602–626 ft

Out & Back · Oakwoods Metropark

Trailhead: Willow Hike-Bike Trail · 42.12544, -83.37125

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Willow Hike-Bike Trail, heading E.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Activity Area Road, heading E.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Willow Hike-Bike Trail, heading E.
  5. 1 miTurn left onto Willow Metro Park Path, heading SW.
  6. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail / Blue Trail, heading E.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail / Red Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miReach Willow Hike-Bike Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail / Red Trail, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Oakwoods Metro Park Path, heading NW.
  13. 1.4 miTurn right onto Willow Hike-Bike Trail, heading N.
  14. 1 miContinue straight onto Activity Area Road, heading W.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Willow Hike-Bike Trail, heading W.
  17. 150 ftArrive 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/willow-hike-bike-trail-yellow-trail-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

79% paved21% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~75 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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