Island Lake State Recreation Area
Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach & Blue Trail via Island Lake Pathway
6.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach & Blue Trail via Island Lake Pathway is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Island Lake State Recreation Area near Green Oak, MI. The route passes Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach and Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach before reaching Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach & Blue Trail via Island Lake Pathway
6.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 866–921 ft
Out & Back · Island Lake State Recreation Area
Trailhead: 42.51319, -83.71931
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow & Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Island Lake Pathway, heading N.
- 1.4 miPass Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach.
- 0.5 miReach Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow & Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~75 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Spring Mill Pond–Island Lake State Recreation Area Beach, 3 beaches 7.2 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Mallard Lake & Blue Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Purple Viewpoint & Blue Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Island Lake & Orchard - View Colony Beach via Blue Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Blue Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 58 ft
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