Pickerel Lake
Dexter, Michigan
6.9 miles NW of Dexter, Michigan
| Address: | Potawatomi Trail, Dexter Township, MI, USA |
| GPS: |
42°24'35.3"N 83°58'58.0"W Maps | Directions |
| State: | Michigan |
Swim
This from a visitor:” It is now official, a great "official swimming hole", very deep and spring fed. We fought with the DNR for years to keep it a swimming, canoeing primitive lake we had about 400 people come to DNR public meetings...You could drink the water. Most of the day you can just float out and enjoy the Herons, Sand Hill Cranes and other wildlife. There is a small sandy beach that is packed with families and hippies mostly on the weekends, a lot of regulars. No facilities but parking for twenty. No houses on the banks totally surrounded by conifers. Just a little piece of Eden. When friends come to visit from elsewhere they always ask for a visit. Because there are a lot of hippies there are also a lot of unleashed dogs which have caused problems with young kids but everyone really looks out for each other and usually all problems are resolved."Courtesy of swimmingholes.org
You can have a motorized boat on Pickerel Lake but you have to launch from Crooked Lake.
More Information
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel & camp on durable surfaces
- Dispose of waste properly
- Leave what you find
- Minimize campfire impacts
- Respect wildlife
- Be considerate of other visitors
Directions
From Dexter, Michigan
- Head southwest on Broad St toward Main St (52 ft)
- Turn right onto Main St (0.2 mi)
- Continue onto Island Lake Rd (3.0 mi)
- Turn right onto Dexter Townhall Rd (2.9 mi)
- Turn left onto N Territorial Rd (1.6 mi)
- Turn right onto Hankerd Rd (1.2 mi)
From Ann Arbor, take RT 23 north about 4.3 mi then take exit 49 for Territorial Rd and turn west (left) on N Territorial Rd and go 12.2 mi then turn north (right) at Hankerd Rd. into the Pinckney State Rec. Area. Pickerel lake is to the east of Hankerd Rd. No better directions to lake.Courtesy of swimmingholes.org
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