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Pontiac Oaks

Upper Silver Lake via Hawthorne Park Drive

2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 42 min

Upper Silver Lake via Hawthorne Park Drive is a 2-mile out-and-back in Pontiac Oaks near Clintonville, MI. The route reaches Upper Silver Lake at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi958 – 991 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.66580, -83.33066
Nearest town Clintonville, MI
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Upper Silver Lake via Hawthorne Park Drive

2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 42 min

Elevation 958–990 ft

Out & Back · Pontiac Oaks

Trailhead: 42.66580, -83.33066

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Transit-accessible: Telegraph / Dixie (SB) stop 31 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hawthorne Park Drive, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miReach Upper Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-silver-lake-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

6% dirt1% paved93% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM — 0 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Telegraph / Dixie (SB) stop 31 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Clintonville, Michigan