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Huron Meadows Metropark

Maltby Lake–Beech Alley - Moraine Fen, 3 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Maltby Lake–Beech Alley - Moraine Fen, 3 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Huron Meadows Metropark near Brighton, MI. The route reaches Maltby Lake. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi860 – 902 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.49312, -83.77514
Nearest town Brighton, MI
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Maltby Lake–Beech Alley - Moraine Fen, 3 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 858–903 ft

Out & Back · Huron Meadows Metropark

Trailhead: 42.49312, -83.77514

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 1.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  6. 250 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trace, heading W.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto Maltby Vista, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Cedar Trace, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto Cedar Trace-Maltby Vista, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miPass Maltby Lake.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Maltby Vista, heading S.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Beech Alley, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Beech Alley - Moraine Fen, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Moraine Fen, heading S.
  15. 350 ftReach Maltby Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 350 ftTurn left onto Beech Alley - Moraine Fen, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto Beech Alley, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Maltby Vista, heading SE.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right onto Cedar Trace-Maltby Vista, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cedar Trace, heading N.
  21. 250 ftBear left onto Maltby Vista, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trace, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/maltby-lake-beech-alley-moraine-fen-out-back-3-sights-14-km

Trail surface

36% dirt1% grass63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~106 min). Leave by 5:30 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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