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Island Lake Recreation Area
Overall Biking Conditions
These conditions are for a 2:00 PM–4:00 PM ride window on Oct 17, 2026. Conditions may have changed.
Surface Alerts
Recent Rain
Weather Outlook
Saved Oct 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT; forecasts may no longer apply.
Parking
- Parking location: Kent Lake Beach parking lot in Island Lake Recreation Area.
- Parking location: Spring Mill Pond parking lot in Island Lake Recreation Area.
Plan your own ride
Combine ride-window weather, trail research, bike setup, and rider preferences with Biking Conditions.
Why this rating?
The weather is sunny with mild temperatures and low humidity, making for pleasant riding conditions. The trail is dry with no recent rain affecting the surface, ensuring good traction.
This score is for the dated ride window shown on this page.
Trail Conditions
Saved for the ride window shown above.
Confirmed trail facts
Named trails and loops
These are the named segments confirmed in this research and may not be a complete trail inventory.
Confirmed
Blue Trail
9.1 mi · 14.6 km- Bike access
- mountain biking permitted; shared with hikers
- Surface
- natural-surface mountain-bike trail
Yellow Trail
5.6 mi · 9.0 km- Bike access
- mountain biking permitted; shared with hikers
- Surface
- natural-surface mountain-bike trail
Purple Trail / Badlands
3.2 mi · 5.1 km- Bike access
- mountain biking permitted; known for fat-tire biking
- Surface
- natural-surface mountain-bike trail
Confirmed
Purple Trail
3.2 mi · 5.1 km- Bike access
- mountain biking permitted
- Surface
- natural-surface singletrack
Confirmed
Purple/Badlands Trail
3.2–3.25 mi · 5.1–5.2 km- Bike access
- Mountain biking and fat-tire biking permitted
- Surface
- Singletrack
Recommended Bike Types
Blue Trail, Yellow Trail, Purple Trail / Badlands (natural-surface mountain-bike trail): Gravel bike, hardtail mountain bike, or cross-country mountain bike. Tire volume and stable handling suit mild dirt or hardpack surfaces.
Recommended Bike Types
Purple Trail (natural-surface singletrack): Cross-country mountain bike, trail mountain bike, or hardtail mountain bike. Off-road tires, braking, and stable handling suit singletrack or technical natural surfaces.
Recommended Bike Types
Purple/Badlands Trail (Singletrack): Cross-country mountain bike, trail mountain bike, or hardtail mountain bike. Off-road tires, braking, and stable handling suit singletrack or technical natural surfaces.
Parking
- Parking location: Kent Lake Beach parking lot in Island Lake Recreation Area.
- Parking location: Spring Mill Pond parking lot in Island Lake Recreation Area.
Trail information
Island Lake Recreation Area offers approximately 17.9 miles of bike-legal natural-surface trail, including Blue Trail (9.1 miles), Yellow Trail (5.6 miles), and Purple Trail / Badlands (3.2 miles).
Terrain
Island Lake’s Blue loop is flowing with gentle climbs and descents, while Yellow is hillier and more technical; the routes cross park roads, and Purple/Badlands is known for fat-tire riding.
General difficulty
The system offers a range of ride character: Blue is a flowing, beginner-friendly loop with gentle climbs and descents, while Yellow is hillier and more technical, with park-road crossings requiring attention. Choose the route to match the desired challenge; Purple/Badlands is also a designated mountain-biking opportunity.
Climbing and elevation
The combined Blue-and-Yellow route is listed with about 420 feet of climbing and 423 feet of descent.
Recent trail work
No recent or upcoming trail work was found for Island Lake Recreation Area in the search.
Saved ride-window conditions are dated estimates. Trail status is separately researched and may have changed.
Air Quality
- EPA category
- Good
- AQI
- Unavailable
Pollutants and dated AQI samples
| Sample | Reading |
|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 1.2 µg/m³ |
| PM10 | 1.4 µg/m³ |
| O3 | 73 µg/m³ |
| NO2 | 0.9 µg/m³ |
| CO | 112 µg/m³ |
| SO2 | 0.5 µg/m³ |
| EPA 1 | |
| EPA 1 |
These are historical samples, not personal air-quality guidance.
Wind
- Average wind
- 4.6 mph
Wind samples describe the saved conditions window, not a future ride forecast.
Bug Activity
- Estimated activity
- Very Low
- Risk scale
- 1/10 · lower means fewer bugs
This is a dated area-wide estimate; exposure varies by location and time.
Bugs in Damp Areas
- Damp-area risk
- Low
- Risk scale
- 4/10 · lower means fewer bugs
The estimate is a dated snapshot, not a guarantee at every part of the trail.
Possible Leaf Accumulation
Leaf accumulation was flagged in the saved conditions snapshot. Coverage may vary across the trail.
Check local reports for current surface conditions.
Saved weather observation · Fri, Oct 16, 2026
- Observed at
- Temperature
- 51.4 °F
- Feels like
- 45.3 °F
- Wind
- 12.1 mph
- Gusts
- 23.5 mph
- Precipitation
- 0 in
- Humidity
- 60%
- Cloud cover
- 100%
- Saved daily low
- 43.2 °F
- Saved daily high
- 68 °F
Saved hourly forecast
| Time | Temp | Rain | Condition | Wind | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60.2°F | 39% | 13.6 mph | 0% | ||
| 63.8°F | 56% | 13.4 mph | 0% | ||
| 67°F | 38% | 15 mph | 0% | ||
| 68°F | 34% | 19.2 mph | 0% | ||
| 64.7°F | 30% | 19 mph | 0% | ||
| 61.8°F | 40% | 19.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 58.2°F | 33% | 17.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 56.7°F | 32% | 18.1 mph | 0% | ||
| 55.1°F | 28% | 15.7 mph | 0% | ||
| 54.2°F | 29% | 14.3 mph | 0% | ||
| 53.6°F | 27% | 14.1 mph | 0% | ||
| 53.5°F | 25% | 12.8 mph | 0% | ||
| 53.8°F | 22% | 13.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 53.8°F | 20% | 12.8 mph | 0% | ||
| 56°F | 16% | 13.2 mph | 0% | ||
| 54.7°F | 17% | 14.3 mph | 0% | ||
| 53.4°F | 11% | 13 mph | 0% | ||
| 52.6°F | 15% | 16.6 mph | 0% | ||
| 51.4°F | 15% | 12.1 mph | 0% | ||
| 50°F | 14% | 15 mph | 0% | ||
| 48.4°F | 4% | 13.6 mph | 0% | ||
| 45.6°F | 18% | 11.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 46.6°F | 16% | 15.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 43.2°F | 10% | 16.3 mph | 0% |
This is a dated observation, not live weather. The hourly rows are saved forecast samples.
Saved forecast · Sat, Oct 17, 2026
- Forecast date
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026
- Low
- 33.3 °F
- High
- 51.9 °F
- Rain chance
- 3%
- Rain total
- 0 in
- Snow total
- 0 cm
Saved hourly forecast
| Time | Temp | Rain | Condition | Wind | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41.8°F | 19% | 16.1 mph | 0% | ||
| 42.2°F | 17% | 15.7 mph | 0% | ||
| 42.5°F | 15% | 15.2 mph | 0% | ||
| 42.3°F | 13% | 14.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 39.9°F | 5% | 14.8 mph | 0% | ||
| 36.5°F | 6% | 12.8 mph | 5% | ||
| 35.3°F | 6% | 10.7 mph | 14% | ||
| 34.3°F | 6% | 9.6 mph | 12% | ||
| 33.3°F | 6% | 8.1 mph | 10% | ||
| 35.5°F | 4% | 9.2 mph | 13% | ||
| 39.8°F | 3% | 9.6 mph | 0% | ||
| 42.9°F | 1% | 7.8 mph | 0% | ||
| 45.9°F | 1% | 6.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 48.3°F | 1% | 5.4 mph | 0% | ||
| 50.5°F | 1% | 4.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 51.4°F | 1% | 4.7 mph | 0% | ||
| 51.9°F | 1% | 4.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 51.7°F | 1% | 5.4 mph | 0% | ||
| 49.6°F | 1% | 4.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 44.3°F | 1% | 4.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 42.5°F | 1% | 4.7 mph | 0% | ||
| 41.6°F | 1% | 4.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 40.8°F | 2% | 5.6 mph | 0% | ||
| 40°F | 2% | 6.3 mph | 0% |
This forecast was saved with the dated conditions snapshot; it may now be out of date.
Saved forecast · Sun, Oct 18, 2026
- Forecast date
- Sun, Oct 18, 2026
- Low
- 36.2 °F
- High
- 59.9 °F
- Rain chance
- 1%
- Rain total
- 0 in
- Snow total
- 0 cm
Saved hourly forecast
| Time | Temp | Rain | Condition | Wind | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.3°F | 2% | 6 mph | 0% | ||
| 38.8°F | 2% | 6 mph | 5% | ||
| 38.5°F | 2% | 6.3 mph | 5% | ||
| 38.1°F | 2% | 6.5 mph | 4% | ||
| 37.7°F | 2% | 6.5 mph | 4% | ||
| 37.4°F | 2% | 6.7 mph | 4% | ||
| 36.7°F | 3% | 6.3 mph | 3% | ||
| 36.5°F | 2% | 6.5 mph | 3% | ||
| 36.2°F | 2% | 6.7 mph | 2% | ||
| 39.5°F | 2% | 6.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 45.8°F | 1% | 10.1 mph | 0% | ||
| 50.4°F | 1% | 11.2 mph | 0% | ||
| 54°F | 1% | 11.6 mph | 0% | ||
| 57.1°F | 1% | 11.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 58.8°F | 1% | 12.1 mph | 0% | ||
| 59.7°F | 1% | 12.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 59.9°F | 1% | 12.3 mph | 0% | ||
| 59°F | 1% | 10.3 mph | 0% | ||
| 55.4°F | 1% | 8.5 mph | 0% | ||
| 49.2°F | 1% | 7.2 mph | 0% | ||
| 47.4°F | 1% | 6.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 46.2°F | 2% | 6.9 mph | 0% | ||
| 45.4°F | 2% | 6.7 mph | 0% | ||
| 44.6°F | 2% | 6.7 mph | 0% |
This forecast was saved with the dated conditions snapshot; it may now be out of date.
Recommended Bike Types
Blue Trail, Yellow Trail, Purple Trail / Badlands (natural-surface mountain-bike trail): Gravel bike, hardtail mountain bike, or cross-country mountain bike. Tire volume and stable handling suit mild dirt or hardpack surfaces.
Purple Trail (natural-surface singletrack): Cross-country mountain bike, trail mountain bike, or hardtail mountain bike. Off-road tires, braking, and stable handling suit singletrack or technical natural surfaces.
Purple/Badlands Trail (Singletrack): Cross-country mountain bike, trail mountain bike, or hardtail mountain bike. Off-road tires, braking, and stable handling suit singletrack or technical natural surfaces.
Time zone: EDT
EDT means Eastern Daylight Time for the date shown.
- UTC offset
- UTC−4
- Trail time zone
- America/Detroit
- Date used
- Oct 17, 2026
Times on this page are shown in the trail’s local time zone. The abbreviation and UTC offset are based on each saved date and may change during the year where daylight saving time is observed.