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Friendship Park

Fishing Lake via Friendship Park Singletrack

7.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Fishing Lake via Friendship Park Singletrack is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Friendship Park near Gingellville, MI. The route reaches Fishing Lake at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi984 – 1,056 ft8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.73655, -83.29610
Nearest town Gingellville, MI
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Fishing Lake via Friendship Park Singletrack

7.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 983–1,056 ft

Out & Back · Friendship Park

Trailhead: 42.73655, -83.29610

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 2.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Singletrack Connector, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftReach Fishing Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 400 ftBear right onto Singletrack Connector, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading E.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 2.7 miBear right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 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-out-back-14-km-1d1e

Trail surface

76% paved11% dirt3% grass10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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