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Highland State Recreation Area

Mont Beau & Moore Lake via Milford Connector

4.6 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Mont Beau & Moore Lake via Milford Connector is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Highland State Recreation Area near Highland, MI. The route passes Moore Lake and Mont Beau. It climbs 280 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi948 – 1,086 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.63212, -83.60172
Nearest town Highland, MI
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Mont Beau & Moore Lake via Milford Connector

4.6 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 949–1,087 ft

Out & Back · Highland State Recreation Area

Trailhead: 42.63212, -83.60172

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftTurn right onto Milford Connector, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miPass Moore Lake.
  16. 150 ftPass Mont Beau.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 150 ftReach Mont Beau, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  31. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  35. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  38. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  39. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  40. 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/mont-beau-moore-lake-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

25% other24% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 4 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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