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Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area

Mountain Bike Trail

5 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Mountain Bike Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area near Oxbow, MI. It climbs 525 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi997 – 1,152 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.68167, -83.49021
Nearest town Oxbow, MI
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Mountain Bike Trail

5 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 996–1,150 ft

Out & Back · Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area

Trailhead: 42.68167, -83.49021

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn right onto Equestrian Trail, heading E.
  3. 1 miTurn left onto Mountain Bike Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading E.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Equestrian Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Equestrian Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Mountain Bike Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Equestrian Trail, heading W.
  16. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 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/mountain-bike-trail-out-back-8-km-00c0

Trail surface

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:37 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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