Name: Green Lake Loop
Rating: 4.6

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There are a couple small features (with bypasses), log steps over a log, and a rock jump.

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Land Manager: Michigan DNR - Waterloo Recreation Area

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Dave Jansen with improvements by Nicole Zeckner and 2 others

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Trail Ratings

4.6 from 97 votes

#3

in Waterloo Recreation Area

#30

Overall

4.6 from 97 votes

5 Star		72%
4 Star		21%
3 Star		5%
2 Star		2%
1 Star		0%

Trail Rankings

#3

in Waterloo Recreation Area

#4

in Michigan

#30

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Jul 1, 2016 near Chelsea, MI

Aug 5, 2022 near Chelsea, MI

100+ year old Oak along side the shore of Green Lk. Rider Matthew Seeting.

Oct 6, 2016 near Chelsea, MI

Jul 1, 2016 near Chelsea, MI

Directional sign at trailhead; trail direction alternates daily

Jun 6, 2017 near Chelsea, MI

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Aug 31, 2025

Nicholas Yribar

Aug 13, 2025

Mike Walker

5mi

Jun 15, 2025

Natasha Beste

Cute beginner 4.9mi

Nov 4, 2024

Elliott Kasprzak

4.9mi

Jul 18, 2024

Matt Miller

Jul 17, 2024

Matt Miller

10.2mi — 1h 30m

Oct 7, 2023

Bob R

Jul 14, 2023

Yvonne Paguada

Jun 18, 2023

Klein VerHill

Full DTE Loop 4.9mi

Jul 1, 2022

Jim Monnett

Trail is dry and in great shape 4.9mi

Jun 12, 2022

J H

1h 00m

Oct 26, 2021

Curt Micol

Oct 23, 2021

Curt Micol

First family ride at DTE 6mi

Sep 29, 2021

Michael Fritz

28mi

Sep 26, 2021

John Pierson

Aug 24, 2021

George Triantos

Aug 11, 2021

Chris Hansen

Early a.m. was nice and grippy. First time here, nice easy flow trail.

Jul 29, 2021

Brian Gotham

Jul 25, 2021

Ann Seibert

Super fun and flows. No major hurdles or jumps. Very clean. — 0h 43m

Jul 19, 2021

Micah Plimpton

5.5mi

Jul 5, 2021

Justin Cecil

5.2mi

Jun 2, 2021

Justin Cecil

5.2mi — 0h 25m

Apr 27, 2021

Jim Monnett

Dry. Great day to ride 4.6mi

Apr 4, 2021

Alejandro Diaz

4.7mi — 0h 35m

Apr 3, 2021

Justin Cecil

Perfect 5.2mi — 0h 26m

Dec 16, 2020

Joe Hamm

Nov 20, 2020

Justin Cecil

10.4mi — 0h 51m

Nov 14, 2020

Justin Cecil

10.4mi — 0h 53m

Nov 12, 2020

Becky Quinn

5mi

Nov 11, 2020

Becky Quinn

5.1mi

Nov 11, 2020

Morris Donald

Nov 8, 2020

Devona Turner-Rollins

Nov 6, 2020

Becky Quinn

6mi

Oct 14, 2020

Jordan Sternik

Oct 1, 2020

Justin Cecil

Wet leaves. 5.2mi — 0h 25m

Sep 25, 2020

Tracey Olech Saputo

Sep 23, 2020

Justin Cecil

5.2mi — 0h 24m

Sep 19, 2020

Justin Cecil

0h 25m

Sep 17, 2020

Justin Cecil

5.2mi — 0h 24m

Sep 11, 2020

Justin Cecil

5.2mi — 0h 25m

Sep 7, 2020

Justin Cecil

2 loops. 26 minutes each time. 4.9mi — 0h 26m

Aug 29, 2020

Justin Cecil

2 times 10.4mi — 0h 53m

Aug 24, 2020

Rob Brown

Aug 7, 2020

Justin Cecil

Aug 3, 2020

Rob Brown

Jul 18, 2020

Natasha Meinecke

4.9mi

Jul 12, 2020

Andy Mastay

Jul 12, 2020

Jon Doyle

Jul 12, 2020

Holli Doyle

Jun 22, 2020

Rob Brown

Jun 10, 2020

El Rodeo

4.9mi

May 24, 2020

T Kk

4.9mi

May 22, 2020

Rob Brown

May 20, 2020

Everette Stephens

10mi

May 3, 2020

Beth S

First time out here, loved it

May 2, 2020

Phil T

First ride — 0h 45m

Oct 13, 2019

Brent Sandberg

Oct 11, 2019

Chad Sanders

hard packed and fast, until rain started 21mi

Sep 29, 2019

Ian Turpin

Nice flow 4.9mi

Sep 4, 2019

Arnaud Soyez

Aug 31, 2019

Cody Force

Aug 24, 2019

Mike Leppek

Green lake, big kame and Winn lake loops. Green lake easy, fast. Big kame awesome, decent climbs, big downhill. Winn lake stretched out big kame 18mi — 3h 20m

Aug 21, 2019

Reid Smith

10mi

Aug 16, 2019

Robert Heckler

4.5mi

Aug 14, 2019

Rob Beier

9.8mi — 0h 51m

Aug 9, 2019

Stephen Champine

4.9mi

Jul 27, 2019

Richard Inman

4.9mi

Jul 7, 2019

Yosuke Kanii

Jul 3, 2019

Morris Donald

nice rolling trail, well taken care of

Jun 29, 2019

Aaron Muir

Jun 23, 2019

Yosuke Kanii

Jun 9, 2019

William Desmond

With Dan

Jun 2, 2019

Daniel Florez

May 23, 2019

Berto Valdez Luciano

10mi — 1h 20m

May 16, 2019

Mike McA

easy but fun

May 4, 2019

Rick Garcia

May 4, 2019

JEFFREY DONNA

4.9mi

Apr 22, 2019

ROBERT BLAZOFF

Apr 10, 2019

Jason Folt

Nov 21, 2018

Kenneth Shaw Jr

Nov 11, 2018

Mike Burns

Good shape 4.9mi

Sep 30, 2018

Arno Van Weert

8.6mi

Sep 21, 2018

Eric Hawkins

Sep 8, 2018

Evan Stenger

Last full day in Michigan before driving out to Seattle. Trail was perfect with 67* weather. Couldn’t ask for better. 5mi

Sep 1, 2018

HyonCheol Kim

Aug 12, 2018

Vyktoryaa Diaz

Awesome first trail! 5.2mi

Aug 4, 2018

Terral Artis

Aug 4, 2018

Nolan Maryanski

Jul 29, 2018

Steve Haupt

Green loop is a fast, well flowing loop that keeps you coming back for some easy smiles! 4.9mi

Jul 23, 2018

Mercedes Bens

Jul 8, 2018

Erik Schleede

Great trail system!! Kept a nice steady speed throughout

Jul 4, 2018

Rob Thornburg

2 loops w/ Ryan. Super fun and flowy. 10mi

Jun 17, 2018

Bhargav Tammineedi

Jun 16, 2018

Jared Gibby

Jun 1, 2018

Dane H

May 25, 2018

Rick Garcia

May 18, 2018

Private User

May 4, 2018

Danny Evanoff

4.9mi

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Green Lake Loop

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998' 304 m

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