The appropriately named Vista Trail starts in a meadow just north of Twyn Rivers Drive:
There are many lovely Red Pines here:
The trail quickly heads up a steep slope:
The trail then passes through a Sugar Maple forest:
Some of the maples have “crown gall” growths:
There is Christmas Fern here; called this because it is still green at this time of year:
also many Hemlocks:
views of the forest and sky:
the “smiling” leaf scar of White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
a common sight on trails:
carpet of Red Oak leaves:
some plants in winter:
views of the Rouge River:
Miles Hearn