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NEW TRAIL FOR SUMMER 2025! Welcome to Waterloo State Recreation Area in Chelsea, Michigan! Starting near McClure Road along the iconic Waterloo–Pinckney Trail, the Waterloo Lakeview Trail is a With benches and boardwalk spots to pause, this easy to moderate loop trail finishes with a ridge-top Family-friendly adventure - children under 9 ALWAYS HIKE FREE! MORE ON THIS TRIP: Meeting Point: Main trailhead parking lot at Eddy Discovery Center Trail length:

foraging hikes at Waterloo Recreation Area this spring along the Lakeview Trail! Starting near McClure Road along the iconic Waterloo–Pinckney Trail, this introductory-level guided foraging hike will loosely follow Waterloo's "Lakeview Trail," diverging in step with "Leave No Trace" best practices MORE ON THIS TRIP: Meeting Point: Main trailhead parking lot at Eddy Discovery Center Trail length: 3.0 miles Trip duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Elevation Gain: 154 feet Trail Rating: Easy Route Orientation

NEW TRAIL FOR SUMMER 2025! Welcome to Waterloo State Recreation Area in Chelsea, Michigan! The Waterloo–Pinckney to Hickory Hill & Crooked Lake Loop offers a serene 4.2‑mile woodland escape! Starting from the Eddy Discovery Center, this adventurous hike explores ridge-top, singletrack trail The trail blends gentle hills with peaceful lakeside sections and tucked-away benches for quiet reflection MORE ON THIS TRIP: Meeting Point: Eddy Discover Center trailhead Trail length: 4.2 miles Trip Duration

In honor of Earth Week, we embraced the challenge of thru-hiking the Detroit's region's most rigorous backpacking route: the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail . This third and final installation of our Waterloo-Pinckney Trail series covers the entirety of the Pinckney section of the trail - 14 miles of challenges, triumphs, pain, and euphoria. pelting my tent fly - I simply couldn't stomach the thought of breaking down camp ( in the rain ), hiking

backpacking route: the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail . This first installment of our 3 part series on the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail highlights the trail's initial longest hike, the 36-mile Waterloo-Pinckney Trail, which was created to offer overnight hikers a multiday TRAIL My infatuation with the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail started with curiosity but waded into the realm thru-hiking .

In honor of Earth Week, we embraced the challenge of thru-hiking the Detroit's region's most rigorous backpacking route: the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail . This second installment of our series on the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail traverses the most strenuous terrain The muddy, sandy, hilly, 12-mile Waterloo-Pinckney Trail preselected as your "survival day." Yeah. There would be several more to fight throughout one epic Day 2 on the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail.

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Dan Cooke Jun 6, 2023 8 min read Thru-Hiking the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail, Pt. 3: The Finale in Pinckney backpacking route: the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail. This third and final installation of our Waterloo-Pinckney Trail series covers the entirety of the Pinckney of thru-hiking the Detroit's region's most rigorous backpacking route: the Waterloo-Pinckney Trail. On one hand, you'll never find a better "wh Dan Cooke May 2, 2023 7 min read Thru-Hiking the Waterloo-Pinckney

Dan Cooke Oct 20, 2023 7 min read Expedition Essentials: Trail Running Shoes vs. into the "Great Trail Debate" on when and why you should lace up trail running shoes or hiking boots I said those words audibly at approximately 10:40 P.M. and 8ish miles into my thru-hike of the Chief Pontiac Trail . Dan Cooke Mar 3, 2023 4 min read Winter Trails: Snowshoeing vs. Cross-Country Skiing vs.