Road course · Michigan, USA
Waterford Hills Road Racing
Waterford Hills Road Racing is a road course in Michigan. OpenStreetMap maps 2 layouts here, the longest 1.41 mi (2.28 km). Below: the map, every corner with a computed line, the elevation, and where to stay and eat.
- 1.41
- Miles
- 12
- Corners
- 27
- Ft of elevation
01Track map
Waterford Hills track map
Full circuit
Name inferred by TRACK from the mapped loops, not an official layout name.
- Mapped length
- 1.41mi
- 2.28 km
- Direction
- Not mapped
- TRACK takes it from your first drive.
- Start/finish line
- Estimated
- Estimated by TRACK from the mapped geometry and not verified on site. TRACK asks you to confirm or move it before timing laps here, when you’re stopped.
- Corners
- 12
- Inferred from curvature, not official turn numbers
- Sectors
- 3
- Estimated, near each third of the lap
Source geometry: OpenStreetMap ↗. Something wrong? Fixing it in OpenStreetMap improves it for everyone.
02Overview
What Waterford Hills is like to drive.
The full circuit layout at Waterford Hills is 1.41 miles with 12 corners worth setting up for and about 27 ft of elevation change. A generic track-day car in our model brakes hard 10 times a lap and is at full throttle for about 18% of the distance; the longest straight runs roughly 607 ft.
4 of the corners are slow (under 50 mph in the model), 0 are fast (over 75 mph). There are hairpins where exit speed matters more than entry. The corner notes below come from the mapped geometry, not from local knowledge; we’ll add a researched guide for Waterford Hills later.
03Lap at a glance
Where the speed is, and where the hills are.
- Length
- 1.41mi
- Elevation range
- 27ft
- Steepest grade
- 5%
- Braking zones
- 10model
- Full throttle
- 18% model
- Longest straight
- 607ft
The speed trace is a model, not a real lap: a generic track-day car (about 1.1 g of cornering grip, 1 g braking, 150 W/kg) driven on the computed line through an assumed 12 m wide track. Use it to see where the braking zones and flat-out sections are, not to predict your speeds. Elevation: USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (NED 10 m) via OpenTopoData, sampled every 25 m along the mapped centerline.
04Corner by corner
The corners at Waterford Hills.
TRACK’s own corner numbering (C1, C2…), found from the curvature of the mapped centerline. It isn’t the official turn numbering. Each diagram shows the computed line: the minimum-curvature path through an assumed 12 m wide track. It’s a geometric starting point. Your instructor’s line comes first.
- C1
Gulch Turn
↱ RightmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand hairpin that turns about 188°, tightening to a radius of roughly 26 m (85 ft). The model car brakes for about 50 m (164 ft), from 57 to 55 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 135 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 188° right
- Tightest radius
- 26 m
- Model speed
- 57 → 55 mph
- Braking (model)
- 50 m
- Grade
- +0.7%
- C2
Bluff Bend
↱ RightmediumkinkTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand kink that turns about 10°, tightening to a radius of roughly 35 m (115 ft). The model car brakes for about 50 m (164 ft), from 86 to 65 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 75 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 10° right
- Tightest radius
- 35 m
- Model speed
- 86 → 65 mph
- Braking (model)
- 50 m
- Grade
- +0.1%
- C3
Bluff Bend
↱ RightmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand chicane that turns about 39°, tightening to a radius of roughly 35 m (115 ft). The model car brakes for about 35 m (115 ft), from 73 to 51 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 10 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 39° right
- Tightest radius
- 35 m
- Model speed
- 73 → 51 mph
- Braking (model)
- 35 m
- Grade
- +0.2%
- C4
Skeethouse Turn
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 161°, tightening to a radius of roughly 23 m (75 ft). The model car brakes for about 60 m (197 ft), from 73 to 43 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 161° left
- Tightest radius
- 23 m
- Model speed
- 73 → 43 mph
- Braking (model)
- 60 m
- Grade
- +1.3%
- C5
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand hairpin that turns about 155°, tightening to a radius of roughly 30 m (98 ft). It climbs through the corner (about 4% grade). The model car brakes for about 60 m (197 ft), from 73 to 43 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 155° right
- Tightest radius
- 30 m
- Model speed
- 73 → 43 mph
- Braking (model)
- 60 m
- Grade
- +3.5%
- C6
Pelton Bend
↱ RightmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand chicane that turns about 45°, tightening to a radius of roughly 47 m (154 ft). It drops through the corner (about 4% grade). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 62 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 60 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 45° right
- Tightest radius
- 47 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 62 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- -4.2%
- C7
Big Bend
↱ RightmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand corner that turns about 87°, tightening to a radius of roughly 42 m (138 ft). The model car brakes for about 110 m (361 ft), from 98 to 72 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 90 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 87° right
- Tightest radius
- 42 m
- Model speed
- 98 → 72 mph
- Braking (model)
- 110 m
- Grade
- +0.2%
- C8
Archer's Corner
↱ RightmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand corner that turns about 87°, tightening to a radius of roughly 30 m (98 ft). The model car brakes for about 125 m (410 ft), from 109 to 52 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 87° right
- Tightest radius
- 30 m
- Model speed
- 109 → 52 mph
- Braking (model)
- 125 m
- Grade
- +0.4%
- C9
Paddock Curve
↱ RightmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand hairpin that turns about 130°, tightening to a radius of roughly 29 m (95 ft). The model car brakes for about 95 m (312 ft), from 74 to 53 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 45 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 130° right
- Tightest radius
- 29 m
- Model speed
- 74 → 53 mph
- Braking (model)
- 95 m
- Grade
- +0.5%
- C10
Esses
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 109°, tightening to a radius of roughly 27 m (89 ft). The model car brakes for about 45 m (148 ft), from 68 to 49 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 109° left
- Tightest radius
- 27 m
- Model speed
- 68 → 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- 45 m
- Grade
- -0.2%
- C11
Esses
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 88°, tightening to a radius of roughly 27 m (89 ft). The model car brakes for about 45 m (148 ft), from 68 to 49 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 50 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 88° left
- Tightest radius
- 27 m
- Model speed
- 68 → 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- 45 m
- Grade
- -0.5%
- C12
Swap Turn Part 1
↰ LeftmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand hairpin that turns about 214°, tightening to a radius of roughly 28 m (92 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 53 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 70 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 214° left
- Tightest radius
- 28 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 53 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- -0.1%
05Configurations
Every mapped loop at Waterford Hills.
TRACK finds each closed loop in the OpenStreetMap raceway network. Named layouts come from OSM circuit relations; the rest are named by length, and some may be combinations the venue never runs. Your first session confirms which one you drove.
Full circuit
1.41 mi2.28 kmDirection unknownS/F EstimatedName inferred
Layout B · 1.6 km
0.97 mi1.56 kmDirection unknownS/F EstimatedName inferred
06Time it with TRACK
Drive Waterford Hills. TRACK knows where you are.
No setup and no transponder. Start a session in the paddock and TRACK recognises Waterford Hills and the layout from your GPS trace, then times every lap and sector with a live delta to your best.
- 1DetectTRACK matches your first few hundred metres against every mapped layout at Waterford Hills, including shared pavement between configurations.
- 2Confirm the lineThe start/finish line here is estimated. When you’re stopped, TRACK shows it on the map: accept it or tap to move it. You’re never asked while driving.
- 3Laps, timed retroactivelyLaps you drove before confirming are timed from the recorded trace, so you don’t lose your first session.
- 4Go furtherSync a GoPro for video with telemetry and let TRACK Engineer point out where the time is. External 10–25 Hz GPS receivers for tighter sectors are awaiting hardware validation.
- Venue and layout detection is tested on simulated drives over real OpenStreetMap circuits, not yet in a real car. Compatible GPS receivers
07Plan your trip
Getting there, staying, eating.
Nearby places for Waterford Hills haven’t been loaded yet.
08Track days
Find an open track day at Waterford Hills.
TRACK doesn’t copy event listings. An on-page calendar will come with an organizer data partnership.
Before your first day here
09Nearby tracks
Closest mapped venues.
- M1 ConcourseMichigan · 8 mi away
- Flat Rock SpeedwayMichigan · 43 mi away
- Michigan International SpeedwayMichigan · 62 mi away
- Grattan RacewayMichigan · 104 mi away
Straight-line distance between venues. All 96 tracks
FAQ
Waterford Hills, answered.
How long is Waterford Hills?
OpenStreetMap maps 2 closed loops at Waterford Hills Road Racing, from 0.97 mi to 1.41 mi (2.28 km). These are mapped centerline lengths; the venue’s published figures can differ slightly.
How much elevation change is there at Waterford Hills?
About 27 ft (8 m) between the lowest and highest points of the full circuit layout, from USGS 3DEP elevation data sampled every 25 m. The steepest stretch is around 5%.
Which direction does Waterford Hills run?
OpenStreetMap doesn’t record a direction for the main layout at Waterford Hills. Venues sometimes run both ways. TRACK takes the direction from your first laps.
Can I time laps at Waterford Hills with my phone?
Yes, with the TRACK iPhone app (beta). It recognises Waterford Hills and the layout you’re driving from GPS, then times laps and sectors. A phone’s GPS is good for lap times; an external 10–25 Hz receiver tightens sector splits.
Where is the start/finish line at Waterford Hills?
TRACK estimates the line from the mapped geometry (usually beside the pit lane, or on the longest straight). It isn’t verified on site, so the app asks you to confirm or move it before timing your first session here.
How do I find track days at Waterford Hills?
Clubs and organizers list HPDE, track days and club races on MotorsportReg. The venue’s own calendar lists its events too. TRACK doesn’t list events itself.
Where can I stay near Waterford Hills?
This page lists hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, fuel and parts stores near Waterford Hills from OpenStreetMap, with straight-line distances. Book early for big event weekends.
Track geometry and nearby places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License 1.0 (via the TRACK Atlas, snapshot 2026-10-17). Elevation: USGS 3DEP (public domain). Lengths are mapped centerlines, not official figures. The computed line and speed trace are a model. No start/finish line has been verified on site.
TRACK is not affiliated with or endorsed by Waterford Hills Road Racing, MotorsportReg or any business listed here. The venue name identifies the location only and belongs to its owner. TRACK shows no lap records or official results for this venue. Driving advice is general: your instructor, the event’s rules and the venue’s rules come first.