Island Lake Yellow Trail Loop is a 5.6 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near South Lyon, Michigan that features a river and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from April until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
This trail is shared by both hikers and mountain bikers so users recommend hiking in the opposite direction of the bike traffic. If you are biking please do signal presence ahead of time. There is a fee for residents of $11 per year for a recreation passport. For non-resident the fee is of $9/daily and $31/per year.
April 6, 2021Terrible for pedestrians...
March 30, 2021This trail offers lots of sun and some shade. Currently, it smells of incense with its warm dead leaves and fresh blooms. The entire landscape has a slight green hue from the new growth. What a lovely little grand hike she was! Remember: leave no trace (that means use the switchbacks and do not cut trails)
March 27, 2021very busy, had to stand off to the side of the trail constantly
March 27, 2021Trail was dry. If you want to do the hiking trail and go the opposite way of the bikers start at the two pit toilets
March 21, 2021March 21, 2021March 21, 2021March 21, 2021Beautiful scenery, enough hills and valleys to keep it challenging, and we went early enough that there weren’t a ton of people!
March 20, 2021Easy to follow. Peaceful. Much of the path follows the river. Shooting Range noise very minimal. Shared with bikes.
March 20, 2021March 17, 2021Peaceful. Beautiful.
March 14, 2021Solid hike with a good amount of elevation change, nice to be by the river most of the way! Also not drowning in mud, which is hard to find in Michigan in the spring. Sight lines are pretty good to avoid bikers
March 14, 2021March 13, 2021March 7, 2021Got to see the river most of the hike. Layla loved it.
March 7, 2021Extremely Icy
March 6, 2021February 28, 2021Very slippery and LOTS of ice still
February 21, 2021Beautiful hike. Lots of folks out on their fat tire bikes. Can't wait to come back and do the Blue Loop.
February 20, 2021February 20, 2021Good trail with decent hills. Just watch for mountain bikes.
February 14, 2021February 14, 2021sunshine.. crisp air.. no wind... beautiful.
February 13, 2021February 13, 2021Awesome winter trail!
February 7, 2021another nice trail... no ice, not too many other people, but all the dogs I saw were off leash which would have been bad if I wasn't a dog person. Not sure why everyone was hiking the same way as the mountain bikers. Start your hike by the restrooms. Basically the opposite way this map tells you to go. This was you can spot mountain bikers and get out of their way.
February 2, 2021Nice winter hike. Trail in good shape.
January 30, 2021Trail was well marked, easy to follow. Make sure to start in opposite direction of mountain bikers so you can see them coming to step off trail..it’s hard to hear them in the snow so keep your head up;) Enjoyable hike with a few decent inclines, nothing too challenging.
January 30, 2021January 25, 2021
