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E.L. Johnson Nature Center

Lower Long Lake via Great Horned Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 47 min

Lower Long Lake via Great Horned Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in E.L. Johnson Nature Center near Sylvan Lake, MI. The route reaches Lower Long Lake at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi909 – 965 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.60539, -83.29576
Nearest town Sylvan Lake, MI
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Lower Long Lake via Great Horned Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 47 min

Elevation 910–965 ft

Out & Back · E.L. Johnson Nature Center

Trailhead: 42.60539, -83.29576

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Transit-accessible: Telegraph / Bataan (SB) stop 41 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miPass Lower Long Lake.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Great Horned Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miReach Lower Long Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-long-lake-out-back-4-km-adf0

Trail surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Telegraph / Bataan (SB) stop 41 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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