Island Lake State Recreation Area
Briggs Lake & Orchard - View Colony Beach via Yellow Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Briggs Lake & Orchard - View Colony Beach via Yellow Trail is a 3.3-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, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Briggs Lake & Orchard - View Colony Beach via Yellow Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 868–923 ft
Out & Back · Island Lake State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.51663, -83.70924
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Orchard - View Colony Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftReach Briggs Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Yellow Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach via Yellow Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 190 ft
- Yellow Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach–Blue Trail Loop, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 193 ft
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