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Orion Oaks County Park

Fishing Lake via Friendship Park Singletrack

5.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Fishing Lake via Friendship Park Singletrack is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Orion Oaks County Park near Lake Orion Heights, MI. The route reaches Fishing Lake at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi984 – 1,056 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.76038, -83.28276
Nearest town Lake Orion Heights, MI
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Fishing Lake via Friendship Park Singletrack

5.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 986–1,056 ft

Out & Back · Orion Oaks County Park

Trailhead: 42.76038, -83.28276

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 350 ftPass Fishing Lake.
  17. 300 ftTurn right onto Singletrack Connector, heading E.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  20. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftReach Fishing Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 400 ftBear right onto Singletrack Connector, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading SW.
  29. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  34. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  35. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  36. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  41. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  42. 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/fishing-lake-fishing-lake-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

37% dirt22% paved3% grass38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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