Island Lake State Recreation Area
Briggs Lake & Orchard - View Colony Beach via Blue Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 46 min
Briggs Lake & Orchard - View Colony Beach via Blue Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Island Lake State Recreation Area near Green Oak, MI. The route passes Orchard - View Colony Beach before reaching Briggs Lake at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Briggs Lake & Orchard - View Colony Beach via Blue Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 46 min
Elevation 866–923 ft
Out & Back · Island Lake State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.50231, -83.71326
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Orchard - View Colony Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftReach Briggs Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.8 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach via Island Lake Pathway 4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Island Lake Pathway 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Island Lake Pathway 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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