Walnut Lake–Karen's Safe-Swim Lane - Start, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Walnut Lake–Karen's Safe-Swim Lane - Start, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back near Wood Creek Farms, MI. The route passes Walnut Lake and Lone Pine Beach before reaching Karen's Safe-Swim Lane - Start at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Walnut Lake–Karen's Safe-Swim Lane - Start, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 851–921 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.54369, -83.34262
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Transit-accessible: Maple / Middlebelt (WB) stop 91 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miPass Walnut Lake.
- 50 ftPass Lone Pine Beach.
- 50 ftPass Karen's Safe-Swim Lane - Start.
- 0.3 miReach Walnut Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Maple / Middlebelt (WB) stop 91 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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