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Fleming Lake–Willow Pond, 4 lakes is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Matthaei Botanical Gardens near Geddes, MI. The route passes Willow Pond and Rash Pond before reaching Fleming Lake at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 814 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.28955, -83.66571
Nearest town Geddes, MI

Directions

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Fleming Lake–Willow Pond, 4 lakes

2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min

Elevation 769–812 ft

Out & Back · Matthaei Botanical Gardens

Trailhead: 42.28955, -83.66571

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftPass Willow Pond.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sue Reichert Discovery Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Sam Graham Trees Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 400 ftTurn right onto Prairie Trail / Sam Graham Trees Trail, heading N.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miSharp right onto Service Road, heading NE.
  21. 200 ftPass Rash Pond.
  22. 0.2 miReach Fleming Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.2 miSharp left onto Prairie Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Prairie Trail / Sam Graham Trees Trail, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Sam Graham Trees Trail, heading W.
  26. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miBear right onto Sue Reichert Discovery Trail, heading SW.
  28. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  29. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  37. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  38. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  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 surface

10% grass8% gravel82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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