Duck Lake via Polly Ann Trail
3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Duck Lake via Polly Ann Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Polly Ann Trail near Lake Orion Heights, MI. The route reaches Duck Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Duck Lake via Polly Ann Trail
3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 1,001–1,033 ft
Out & Back · Polly Ann Trail
Trailhead: 42.79575, -83.29480
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Polly Ann Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Duck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:16 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:36 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:04 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Duck Lake & Fishing Lake via Polly Ann Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Bailey Lake via Polly Ann Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Powell Lake & Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only) via Polly Ann Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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