Bald Mountain State Recreation Area
Tommys Lake via Polly Ann Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Tommys Lake via Polly Ann Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Bald Mountain State Recreation Area near Gingellville, MI. The route reaches Tommys Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tommys Lake via Polly Ann Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 989–1,016 ft
Out & Back · Bald Mountain State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.73655, -83.29610
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Polly Ann Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Tommys Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Fishing Lake via Friendship Park Singletrack 7.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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- Lake Sixteen & Round Lake 3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lake Halso 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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