Blind Lake Loop

Pinckney, Michigan

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10.56 miles

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860 ft

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Blind Lake Loop is a quiet, peaceful backpacking trip in Southeastern Michigan; a great place for beginners.

Finding a quiet, relatively secluded place to backpack can be difficult in Southeastern Michigan. However, backpacking at Blind Lake in the Pinckney State Park is a fantastic option for those searching. Blind Lake is accessible by a 7 mile hike in from Silver Lake, but can be approached from several different routes using the Potawatomi and Waterloo Trails.

The Blind Lake rustic campground provides a fire pit and picnic table for each site as well as a pit toilet, trash barrel, and water pump for added convenience.

Reservations should be made prior to your visit and can be done by phone (734-426-4913) or online at MiDNRReservations.com by entering Pickney as the location and then clicking on the Blind Lake option.

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Sophie Wildemann

Blind Lake Loop

08/14/24

My friend and I did a one night trip here and it was a lot of fun. The entire walk is through the woods so plan for shade but also bugs. They’re pretty bad if you’re not moving, so for the majority of the hike we didn’t use bug spray but at camp we definitely did. We hiked to blind lake campground, which is 7 miles WITH the shortcut and 11 without, so be mindful of how long you want to walk day 1. Camp had a vault toilet with toilet paper, water, and a fire pit! Day 2 is about 6 ish miles if you take the full potowatomi trail and complete the about 17-18 mile round trip. There are a number of paths you can take to make the trip shorter, branching off from a marker. The entire way consisted of woods, boardwalks, and road crossings there wasn’t much other terrain besides a few rock features embedded in the trail.

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