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Island Lake Rec. Area - Blue Trail
In Island Lake
Next nearby hike: Proud Lake Rec. Area Equestrian Trail 9 mi · 15 kmExplore Island Lake →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 14–26 °C (57–79 °F)
- J-1°-8°52
- F1°-7°50
- M7°-3°52
- A14°4°69
- M20°10°90
- J25°15°88
- J27°18°81
- A26°17°79
- S22°13°89
- O15°7°73
- N8°1°65
- D2°-5°54
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Island Lake Rec. Area - Blue Trail is a trail in Michigan, United States of America, about 14 km (9 mi) in length. It lies about 5.8 km southeast of Brighton. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 14 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Unknown
- Data from
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Lake
- Island Lake (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 5.8 km SE of Brighton (Livingston County, Michigan) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Michigan
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.5010, -83.7244
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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