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Trip Name
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Total Length (round
trip)
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Biking Time (at 10mph)
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Child/dog Friendly
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Surface
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Destinations and Special
Features
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| Brighton
Library or Meijer Skate Park to downtown
Brighton. |
2.5 miles |
16 min. |
Okay. |
Onstreet with sidewalks available. |
Downtown Brighton. Free parking at each end. |
| Maltby Middle School to downtown Brighton. |
2.8 to 7.4 miles |
17 min. |
Okay. |
Asphalt path, onstreet with sidewalks available.
A little noisy on Brighton Road, but very pretty. |
Downtown
Brighton. Free parking at each end. Extend trip to west
(0.6 mi.), north or south (2 mi each) on asphalt safetypath. |
| Brighton Lake loop. |
4 miles |
30 min. |
Bad for kids. Inline skates impossible. |
Several blocks on
shoulder of busy Brighton Lake Road, some paint onstreet,
gravel path, quiet roads. |
Several pretty neighborhoods, Brighton Lake
Dam, herons
in summer. Free parking at Brighton High School. |
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| Scranton Middle School to downtown Brighton. |
5.0 miles |
30 min. |
Okay. |
Asphalt path, paint onstreet, onstreet with sidewalks available. |
Downtown Brighton. Free parking at each end. |
| Kensington
and Island
Lake (map)
loop. |
7 miles for Kensington loop, extend
on south side to Island Lake for 10 miles or more. |
1 hour or more. |
Excellent. |
Asphalt safetypath. Helmets required
if on wheels. |
Very pretty, lots of wildlife—bring
a picnic and Frisbee. Park at either park, entry fee often
required. |
Downtown
Brighton Millpond area has strolls along the water, the
Imagination Station (playground), water fountains, public
bathrooms, boardwalks, a gazebo, two ice cream stores (hand-dipped
at Yum
Yum Tree and soft-serve at Dairy Queen), bakeries, Farmers'
Market Saturday mornings (sometimes all day) May 1 through Halloween,
and other
events. N42°31.784' W083°46.956 by historic marker
(the Rock) or N42°31.807' W083°47.032 by Imagination Station.
Scranton
Middle School N42°30.172' W083°47.054.
Maltby Middle School N42°31.821'
W083°48.722. Bikepath ends to west at N42°31.731' W083°49.056.
Brighton High School N42°31.767'
W083°47.3 at east end of Genoa Township bikepath, or N42°31.619'
W083°47.645 at flagpole.
BHS loop trail. May be
better as a walk than a ride. High visibility clothing highly
recommended. If you don't live on the loop, park at Brighton
High School N42°31.619' W083°47.645. Exit the
parking lot to the East, north on Seventh for one block, east
on Washington St. for three blocks, south on Third St. for a mile,
becoming Fairway Trails and (adding painted onstreet bikepath)
Peppergrove St. Make next right (west) on Persimmon Drive,
until it dead-ends into Brighton Lake Road. Make a left
(southwest), taking due care for traffic, traveling on left side
if walking or on right if riding. After less than ½
mile, turn right on Wyndam Lane. Keep Brighton Lake on your
right, turn right down gravel path and cross the dam. In
spring and summer, keep your eyes to the for the pair of blue
herons that will flush when they can see you from their nest in
the ravine (if only one flushes, the other is out feeding).
Continue up the gravel path, turn right (north) on Lake Ridge
Dr. for about ¾ mile (keeping Brighton Lake on your right),
east on Brighton Road (there is an asphalt safety path on the
other side of the road), and for a few blocks back to BHS.
If walking, go behind the school and along little Leith Lake.
Brighton
District Library N42°32.455' W083°47.477.
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