Highland State Recreation Area
Pickerel Lake & Bass Lake via North Loop
2.6 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 55 min
Pickerel Lake & Bass Lake via North Loop is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Highland State Recreation Area near East Highland, MI. The route passes Bass Lake before reaching Pickerel Lake at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pickerel Lake & Bass Lake via North Loop
2.6 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 55 min
Elevation 969–1,046 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.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Bass Lake.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Pickerel Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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