Proud Lake Recreation Area

For a smaller state park it’s still a good place to hike. Easy trails are perfect for beginners and the view is beautiful.

Good trails. But huge power lines right over the lakes which is a real kick in the face. Also people brought their dogs and let them bark all hours of the day and night, nothing was done about those assholes. ³⁄₅ for sure.

I love this place. The trails are great. You can launch into the river here too. The fall colors are amazing around the lake trails just wear proper shoes, don’t be an idiot and break your foot like I did. Pack a picnic basket and go for a hike.

I don’t get a chance to get up north very often in the late months of the year. So when I want to go turkey, deer or small gaming I like to go to Proud Lake. It’s an irregular shaped area that spans into multiple communities such as Wixom, Milford and Commerce Township. There is adequate parking on the roadside to park and get to the blinds.
Like Pontiac Lake, it is state land so you share facilities and space with walkers, mountain bikers, equestrian types, etc. so keep that in mind. It’s cleaner than most places but like any state land, people leave their crap behind. We bring a plastic grocery bag with us and take out more than we brought in. Litter is a pet peeve of mine, especially litter from fellow hunters.
We’re looking forward to using more of the facility such as the gun range and canoe livery.

Spent a week camping here in August 2013. Fairly larger campsite (35), on the outer ring of the campground. During the week it was quiet and relaxing. Fills up pretty full on the weekends. Even with a full crowd, it was quiet in the evenings. Nice hiking and biking trails.
The washrooms were brand spanking new this season and really nice. Showers were clean and toilet areas were good. (Now, if we could get camping people to actually clean up after themselves and not be pigs, but that’s different than the park keeping things clean).
Close enough for the husband to commute to work and relax in the evenings. We will be returning to this park.

A nice state park for a hike right in the middle of Commerce, MI. Surprise find. Newer /​updated restroom/​shower facilities by the modern campground area. Kayak (rent one there) and horse friendly.

Michigan is blessed with many gorgeous natural resources from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron & in between. In the metro Detroit area we have many fine county, State & Metro parks & sadly they are very underused, Proud lake is a great resource, wonderful Hiking, Cross country skiing trails, Camping, Hunting & other outdoors pursuits & with Today’s weather being actually nice in Michigan we decided to take advantage with what looked like a total of 3 other people. Daily or season passes are available & miles of hiking trails, even one that links up 17 miles away with Kensington Metro park