Waterloo-Pinckney Trail

Recreational trail in Michigan, United States

Waterloo-Pinckney Trail

Length	36 mi (58 km)
Location	Jackson / Washtenaw counties, Michigan, USA
Trailheads	Portage Lake, Michigan; Silver Lake, Michigan
Use	Hiking, some sections- Horseback riding, Bicycling
Difficulty	Moderate
Sights	Diverse environmental, glacial-formed landscape, and wetlands of the Lower Peninsula of southern Michigan, United States.

The Waterloo-Pinckney Trail is a 38-mile-long hiking trail which runs through Waterloo State Recreation Area and Pinckney Recreation Area in southeastern Michigan, United States. Part of the trail also passes through Park Lyndon County Park. The trail travels through glacial features such as eskers and kettle lakes as well as swamps and open meadows remaining from abandoned farmlands. Forest types include oak and pine. The trail tops out at 1,128 feet (344 m) on Sackrider Hill, 208 feet (63 m) above surroundings, the largest elevation gain. Other hills and ridges give 50-to-150-foot (15 to 46 m) rises. The trail is blazed with blue triangles and at some points shares trails with the Potawatomi Trail and the nature trails around the Eddy Discovery Center. Part of the trail is open to mountain biking and horseriding and hunting is allowed in most areas along the trail. The trail has several nearby campgrounds allowing it to be hiked as a 2, 3 or 4 day trip. Side trails to the campgrounds make the entire trip 40.5 miles (65.2 km).^[1] The trail was first developed in the 1960s and the last link across the county park was completed in 1986.

References

^ Backpacking in Michigan, Jim DuFresne, University of Michigan Press, 2007

External links

Media related to Waterloo-Pinckney Trail at Wikimedia Commons

Waterloo map section
Pinckney map section

Hiking trails in Michigan

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Metro 600 to 1,500 acres (243 to 607 ha)	Addison Oaks Algonac State Park Belle Isle Camp Dearborn Crosswinds Marsh Hayes State Park (Irish Hills) Independence Oaks Lower Huron Lakeport State Park Maybury State Park Metamora-Hadley Recreation Area Metro Beach Metropark Sterling State Park
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Waterways	Clinton River Detroit River (Islands) Huron River Lake St. Clair River Rouge St. Clair River
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Zoological and botanical	Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory Cranbrook Detroit Zoo Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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