Play Hill & Mud Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail
2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min
Play Hill & Mud Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Walled Lake, MI. The route passes Mud Lake before reaching Play Hill at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Play Hill & Mud Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail
2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min
Elevation 934–942 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.53937, -83.48064
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Michigan Air Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Mud Lake.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Play Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hole #8 Sunset Point–Norton Creek, 5 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Norton Creek–Mud Lake, 3 lakes 10.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Michigan Air Line Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Michigan Air Line Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lake Overlook–Mud Lake, 3 lakes 7.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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