North Clinton River Park — Attraction in Sterling Heights

We are relatively new bike cruisers and I wanted to ride this trail for awhile but there was a lack of details in reviews.

If you're looking for a smooth, paved, shaded, quiet, clean, winding, bike trail with low elevation, and beautiful scenery, that you can spend an hour or more riding (like I was) this is the spot.

We ❤️ this trail for chill riding.

The trail is over 5 miles long, and rides along the Clinton River, with plenty of benches and break areas. I wouldn't ride it late at night, but it felt very safe during the day/early evening. We passed plenty of walkers, bikers, online skaters, e-bikes, and folks on skateboards along the way.

Also great for nature & portrait photography, date nights, private reflection,...

Very clean and beautiful park. Trails are always great for biking, hiking, or just walking. This is always a great place to go to have picnics. I love how the trails lead you to dodge park which over the past two years, it has been renovated with new parks, a splash pad(free to Starling Heights residents), new basketball courts, new volleyball courts, added pavilion's, and a soccer field. The trail also has a painted mural of flowers that you can find I will post the...

I literally brought a picnic basket and sat by the river! What a beautiful place! I walked for about 10 minutes through the trails and instantly found a nice place to relax. I saw some benches on my walk too. I am sure there's lots more to explore, so I can't wait to come back. The sun was shining so warm and pretty through the trees. I could hear woodpeckers and see animal footprints! Definitely worth...