Lake Overlook & Gallager Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 42 min
Lake Overlook & Gallager Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Wixom Habitat near Wixom, MI. The route passes Gallager Lake before reaching Lake Overlook at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Overlook & Gallager Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 42 min
Elevation 906–933 ft
Out & Back · Wixom Habitat
Trailhead: Michigan Air Line Trail · 42.52428, -83.53780
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 63°F / low 57° · precip 49% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Michigan Air Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftPass Gallager Lake.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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