Proud Lake State Recreation Area
Lakes Community Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Lakes Community Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Proud Lake State Recreation Area near Wolverine Lake, MI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lakes Community Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 915–949 ft
Out & Back · Proud Lake State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.56269, -83.48361
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lakes Community Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:15 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:35 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:03 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wolverine Lake–Proud Lake, 4 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Proud Lake–Moss Lake, 5 sights 12 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Lakes Community Trail 4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Lakes Community Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Lakes Community Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Lakes Community Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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