Island Lake State Recreation Area
Blue Trail & JCPenney Connector via Fieldcrest Pathway
7.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Blue Trail & JCPenney Connector via Fieldcrest Pathway is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Island Lake State Recreation Area near Whitmore Lake, MI. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Trail & JCPenney Connector via Fieldcrest Pathway
7.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Elevation 867–918 ft
Out & Back · Island Lake State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.47272, -83.75512
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:34 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fieldcrest Pathway, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto JCPenney Connector, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach JCPenney Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto JCPenney Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Fieldcrest Pathway, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fieldcrest Pathway 4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Fieldcrest Pathway 4.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- JCPenney Connector via Fieldcrest Pathway 4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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