Paint Creek & Foley Pond via Paint Creek Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Paint Creek & Foley Pond via Paint Creek Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Paint Creek Trail near Lake Orion, MI. The route passes Paint Creek before reaching Foley Pond at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Paint Creek & Foley Pond via Paint Creek Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Elevation 951–990 ft
Out & Back · Paint Creek Trail
Trailhead: 42.78266, -83.23716
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Paint Creek Trail Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Paint Creek.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Saber Way, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Paint Creek Trail Connector, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Paint Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miPass Foley Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftReach Paint Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Paint Creek Trail Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Saber Way, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Paint Creek Trail Connector, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM — 9 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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