Play Hill & Mud Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Play Hill & Mud Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Wolverine Lake, MI. The route passes Mud Lake before reaching Play Hill at the turnaround, 2.4 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
4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 932–956 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Crumb Road Trail Connector · 42.54631, -83.45289
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM
- Start on Crumb Road Trail Connector, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Michigan Air Line Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Mud Lake.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Play Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Crumb Road Trail Connector, 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 2.0 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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