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Middle Straits Lake & Cebia Beach via West Bloomfield Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Middle Straits Lake & Cebia Beach via West Bloomfield Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near North Farmington, MI. The route passes Cebia Beach before reaching Middle Straits Lake at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi945 – 1,014 ft9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.54147, -83.41233
Nearest town North Farmington, MI
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Middle Straits Lake & Cebia Beach via West Bloomfield Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 945–1,012 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.54147, -83.41233

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Transit-accessible: Maple / Jewish Family Services (EB) stop 669 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Pebble Creek Ravine Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto West Bloomfield Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 350 ftPass Cebia Beach.
  18. 0.2 miReach Middle Straits Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  27. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 0.6 miTurn right onto Pebble Creek Ravine Trail, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  32. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  33. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  34. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/middle-straits-lake-cebia-beach-out-back-14-km

Trail surface

14% paved3% dirt83% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM — 3 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Maple / Jewish Family Services (EB) stop 669 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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