Sassafras Woods–Rolling Hills Park Viewpoint, 5 lakes is a 1.3-mile out-and-back in Rolling Hills Park near Stony Creek, MI. The route passes Lazy River, Spring Pond, Rolling Hills Park Viewpoint and Sassafras Woods. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi768 – 810 ft1.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.17829, -83.65132
Nearest town Stony Creek, MI
Directions
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Sassafras Woods–Rolling Hills Park Viewpoint, 5 lakes
1.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 27 min
Elevation 768–809 ft
Out & Back · Rolling Hills Park
Trailhead: 42.17829, -83.65132
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lazy River.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Spring Pond.
- 50 ftPass Rolling Hills Park Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Sassafras Woods.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rolling Hills MTB Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Sassafras Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
51% dirt10% paved39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:37 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lazy River & North Meadow Trail Loop via Rolling Hills MTB Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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