Proud Lake State Recreation Area
Concrete Podium–Norton Creek, 6 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Concrete Podium–Norton Creek, 6 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Proud Lake State Recreation Area near Glengary, MI. The route passes Norton Creek and Concrete Podium. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Concrete Podium–Norton Creek, 6 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 903–973 ft
Out & Back · Proud Lake State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.57206, -83.54583
Weather Sep 23: Overcast, high 68°F / low 49° · precip 2% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Heavner Nature Connections, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Loop 1, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Loop 1, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftPass Norton Creek.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Concrete Podium.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Loop 2, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Concrete Podium, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Loop 1, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right onto Loop 1, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Heavner Nature Connections, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Chief Pontiac Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Sherwood Capri via Red/Blue Trails 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- The Tree of Shoes–Norton Creek, 5 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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