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Pontiac Oaks

Loon Lake & Silver Lake via Hawthorne Park Drive

10.1 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Loon Lake & Silver Lake via Hawthorne Park Drive is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Pontiac Oaks near Lake Angelus, MI. The route passes Silver Lake before reaching Loon Lake at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 58 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi948 – 1,037 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.70205, -83.30561
Nearest town Lake Angelus, MI
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Loon Lake & Silver Lake via Hawthorne Park Drive

10.1 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Elevation 950–1,038 ft

Out & Back · Pontiac Oaks

Trailhead: 42.70205, -83.30561

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

Transit-accessible: Great Lakes Crossing Mall stop 154 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miPass Silver Lake.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miReach Loon Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn left onto Hawthorne Park Drive, heading NE.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 1.5 miArrive 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/loon-lake-silver-lake-out-back-16-km

Trail surface

60% paved2% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:36 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Great Lakes Crossing Mall stop 154 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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