Proud Lake State Recreation Area
Blue Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 51 min
Blue Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Proud Lake State Recreation Area near Glengary, MI. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi906 – 942 ft2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.57877, -83.54415
Nearest town Glengary, MI
Directions
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Blue Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 51 min
Elevation 907–940 ft
Out & Back · Proud Lake State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.57877, -83.54415
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red/Blue Trails, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Chief Pontiac Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red/Blue Trails, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red/Blue Trails, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Chief Pontiac Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red/Blue Trails, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- The Tree of Shoes–Norton Creek, 5 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Marsh Viewpoint–Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Moss Lake–Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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