Lakes Community Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Lakes Community Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Maple Glen Park near Oakley Park, MI. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lakes Community Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 917–982 ft
Out & Back · Maple Glen Park
Trailhead: 42.56247, -83.48877
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Lakes Community Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 7:15 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:35 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:03 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lakes Community Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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