Friendship Park Singletrack
5.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Friendship Park Singletrack is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Friendship Park near Lake Orion Heights, MI. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Friendship Park Singletrack
5.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 987–1,067 ft
Out & Back · Friendship Park
Trailhead: Paint Creek to Polly Ann Trail Connector · 42.76619, -83.27898
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 300 ftReach Friendship Park Singletrack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 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
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 Paint Creek to Polly Ann Trail Connector Trailhead
- Elkhorn Lake & Buckhorn Lake via Paint Creek to Polly Ann Trail Connector 3.9 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Heron Hollow Pond & Bullfrog Bog 8.2 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Scenic Overlook 3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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