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Maple Glen Park

MTB Skills Area & Stuart Lake via Lakes Community Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min

MTB Skills Area & Stuart Lake via Lakes Community Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Maple Glen Park near Glengary, MI. The route passes MTB Skills Area before reaching Stuart Lake at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi915 – 938 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.55580, -83.50889
Nearest town Glengary, MI
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MTB Skills Area & Stuart Lake via Lakes Community Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 917–938 ft

Out & Back · Maple Glen Park

Trailhead: 42.55580, -83.50889

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lakes Community Trail, heading N.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miPass MTB Skills Area.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto MTB Trail (Todd's Way), heading E.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto MTB Trail (Trenches), heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail (Todd's Way), heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto MTB Trail (Trenches), heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto MTB Trail (Todd's Way), heading E.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto MTB Trail (Trenches), heading E.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail (Par 3), heading N.
  22. 50 ftPass Stuart Lake.
  23. 100 ftTurn left onto MTB Trail (Head East), heading NE.
  24. 150 ftReach MTB Skills Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 200 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail (Par 3), heading NE.
  26. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 50 ftBear left onto MTB Trail (Trenches), heading E.
  29. 0.1 miContinue straight onto MTB Trail (Todd's Way), heading E.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto MTB Trail (Trenches), heading NE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail (Todd's Way), heading NE.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto MTB Trail (Trenches), heading NE.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto MTB Trail (Todd's Way), heading NE.
  34. 50 ftTurn right onto Lakes Community Trail, heading NE.
  35. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  36. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  37. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  38. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  39. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  40. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  42. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  43. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  44. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  45. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/woodbridge-lake-mtb-skills-area-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

46% paved10% dirt8% gravel36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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