Hiking trails near Pontiac, Michigan

169 official trails lie within 25 miles of Pontiac — 669 miles in total, 138 rated easy and 6 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 411 ft; the median trail gains 61 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Pontiac Lake Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	16.0	182 ft	Expert	11 mi
Ortonville Rec. Area Snowmobile Trail;ortonville Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	8.6	154 ft	Hard	18 mi
Holly East Loop	15.0	119 ft	Hard	19 mi
Holly Rec. Area - East Loop	15.0	119 ft	Hard	19 mi
Pontiac Lake Rec. Area - Bike Trail	9.4	148 ft	Hard	10 mi
Proud Lake Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	7.5	176 ft	Hard	16 mi
Highland Rec. Area Equestrian Trail	6.0	174 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Iron Belle Trail	10.6	293 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Highland Rec. Area - Bike Trail B	5.7	140 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Maybury State Park ? Mountain Biking Trail	6.7	116 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Maybury State Park Equestrian Trail	8.0	113 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Polly Ann State Trail	34.8	275 ft	Moderate	6 mi
Polly Ann State Rail Trail	30.4	274 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Island Lake Rec. Area - Blue Trail	8.4	60 ft	Moderate	24 mi
Milford Mountain Bike Trail	6.4	80 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Highland Foot Trails	6.0	79 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Maybury State Park - Hiking Trail	6.1	90 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Highland Equestrian Trails	4.3	163 ft	Moderate	13 mi
Clinton River Trail	83.2	411 ft	Moderate	8 mi
Holly Rec. Area - Shields Trail	4.5	134 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Metamora Hadley Nature Trails	4.3	110 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Metamora-hadley Rec. Area - Foot Trail	4.3	109 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Holly Shields Trail	4.5	136 ft	Moderate	17 mi
Paint Creek National Recreation Trail	7.4	195 ft	Moderate	9 mi

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