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Heritage Park

Coan Lake & Fletcher Discovery Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min

Coan Lake & Fletcher Discovery Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Heritage Park near Taylor Center, MI. The route reaches Coan Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi604 – 614 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21984, -83.24110
Nearest town Taylor Center, MI
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Coan Lake & Fletcher Discovery Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min

Elevation 602–613 ft

Out & Back · Heritage Park

Trailhead: 42.21984, -83.24110

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Transit-accessible: Wayne Community College stop 548 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miPass Coan Lake.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fletcher Discovery Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.5 miReach Coan Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  30. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/coan-lake-fletcher-discovery-trail-out-back-5-km-6ed9

Trail surface

65% paved21% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Wayne Community College stop 548 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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