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Proud Lake State Recreation Area

Concrete Podium–Norton Creek, 6 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Concrete Podium–Norton Creek, 6 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Proud Lake State Recreation Area near Milford, MI. The route passes Concrete Podium and Norton Creek before reaching Sherwood Capri at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi902 – 974 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.56621, -83.57881
Nearest town Milford, MI
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Concrete Podium–Norton Creek, 6 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 903–973 ft

Out & Back · Proud Lake State Recreation Area

Trailhead: 42.56621, -83.57881

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading E.
  3. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftPass Concrete Podium.
  5. 0.2 miPass Norton Creek.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Loop 1, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 400 ftBear right onto Loop 1, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Heavner Nature Connections, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 250 ftTurn left onto Red/Blue Trails, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miPass Sherwood Capri.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftReach Concrete Podium, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.4 miTurn right onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  29. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  31. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  32. 0.1 miBear right onto Heavner Nature Connections, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn left onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading W.
  34. 0.1 miTurn right onto Loop 1, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  36. 400 ftTurn right onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  37. 100 ftContinue straight onto Loop 1, heading W.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading W.
  39. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  40. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/concrete-podium-concrete-podium-out-back-8-sights-7-km

Trail surface

79% dirt4% gravel17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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