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Canada Geese in Flight over Maltby Lake, Huron Meadows Metropark, Michigan - panoramio.jpg
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Huron Meadows Metropark

Maltby Lake–Dibrova Lake, 10 sights

5 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Maltby Lake–Dibrova Lake, 10 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Huron Meadows Metropark near Hamburg, MI. The route passes Vagilldicock Pond, Maltby Lake, Dibrova Lake and Huron Meadow Metropark Pond. It is mostly level, with 59 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 902 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.47553, -83.78750
Nearest town Hamburg, MI
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Maltby Lake–Dibrova Lake, 10 sights

5 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 857–903 ft

Out & Back · Huron Meadows Metropark

Trailhead: 42.47553, -83.78750

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Vagilldicock Pond.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Moraine Fen, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Beech Alley - Moraine Fen, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Beech Alley, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Maltby Vista, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miPass Maltby Lake.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Cedar Trace, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miPass Dibrova Lake.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Maltby Vista, heading E.
  13. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Beech Alley, heading NW.
  14. 0.5 miPass Huron Meadow Metropark Pond.
  15. 0.4 miBear left onto Hidden Lake Bend, heading W.
  16. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftSharp right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 200 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Fen, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/maltby-lake-dibrova-lake-out-back-12-sights

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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