Friendship Park Singletrack
7 mi · ▲ 88 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Friendship Park Singletrack is a 7-mile out-and-back in Friendship Park near Lake Orion Heights, MI. It is mostly level, with 88 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Friendship Park Singletrack
7 mi · ▲ 88 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 1,001–1,067 ft
Out & Back · Friendship Park
Trailhead: 42.78811, -83.26744
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Polly Ann Trail Connector, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Friendship Park Singletrack, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Friendship Park Singletrack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Polly Ann Trail Connector, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Orion–Paint Creek, 5 lakes 11.1 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Oxford Lake–Duck Lake, 6 lakes 10.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Duck Lake & Powell Lake via Polly Ann Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 29 ft
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