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