Play Hill & Gallager Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Play Hill & Gallager Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Gunnar Mettala Park near Walled Lake, MI. The route passes Play Hill before reaching Gallager Lake at the turnaround, 2.7 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 & Gallager Lake via Michigan Air Line Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 909–960 ft
Out & Back · Gunnar Mettala Park
Trailhead: 42.53529, -83.49826
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Play Hill.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Michigan Air Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Gallager Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftReach Play Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM — 2 min before dark.
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