Paint Creek & Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve Trails
8.5 mi · ▲ 379 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Paint Creek & Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve Trails is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Paint Creek Trail near Goodison, MI. The route reaches Paint Creek. It climbs 379 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Paint Creek & Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve Trails
8.5 mi · ▲ 379 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Elevation 765–1,033 ft
Out & Back · Paint Creek Trail
Trailhead: 42.72225, -83.19649
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 64°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftPass Paint Creek.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Paint Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve Trails, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Paint Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Paint Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:32 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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- Miller Lake 6.1 mi · ▲ 269 ft
- Hawthorn Pond 2.5 mi · ▲ 134 ft
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