River Hawk Cafe at Proud Lake Recreation Area

River Hawk Cafe

We'll be meeting at the parking lot next to the River Hawk Cafe in Commerce Township, Michigan.

Please note: you'll need a Michigan State Park Pass; if you don't have a park pass associated with your Michigan license plate, they'll leave a "ticket" on your vehicle asking you to pay for parking.  You can purchase passes at the park headquarters: (248) 685-2433

While the following contains explicit directions to where we'll be starting, maybe the easiest, surest way to get there is to cut and paste these coordinates into whatever map app you use:

42.572278, -83.545982

***Use those coordinates, and DON'T just type in "Proud Lake State Rec Area into your map app; that could lead you to all kinds of different places in the park where we won't be. 

This google map can be used for directions

You can also reference this link: http://tinyurl.com/riverhawkcafe

You'll want to access the Proud Lake State Recreation Area from Wixom Road; the entrance can be easy to pass by, so look for this sign:

Once you turn East onto Park Headquarters Road you'll see another sign:

Follow that road ALL the way down (pass the park headquarters office, pass the first parking lot on your left, pass the River Hawk Annex) until it ends at a dirt parking lot and the lawn and sidewalk leading to the Cafe (pictured at the top of this page).  DON'T pass the yellow gate.

Please do review these directions before heading out to be sure you know where you're going; cell reception can be spotty and we may not be able to get calls asking for clarification.