Highland State Recreation Area
Mont Beau & Moore Lake via North Loop
6 mi · ▲ 366 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Mont Beau & Moore Lake via North Loop is a 6-mile out-and-back in Highland State Recreation Area near East Highland, MI. The route passes Moore Lake and Mont Beau. It climbs 366 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mont Beau & Moore Lake via North Loop
6 mi · ▲ 366 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 949–1,087 ft
Out & Back · Highland State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.63987, -83.59080
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto North Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Milford Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Moore Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Mont Beau.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Mont Beau, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto North Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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