Brighton Rec Area

Great beginer loop. Still fun as a short warm up ride. Not too sany, a few hills and some easy tec.

4.5 stars. Fun trail but very sandy. Most of torn shirt is a bit crazy, but the end is very flowy. The beginer loop has many more opportunities for speed.

Tons of trails here. Torn Shirt, Murray/Lost/Found/Ralphs, and Appleton/Appleton North. Torn Shirt is the jam, great turns, rooty downhills, a couple of good climbs, and generally really tight singletrack with some great flow. Murray is similar but a little easier in my opinion, still great fun though. Appleton is a better version of Island Lake, it's just a quick 2 mile warm up ride, while Appleton North adds another 2 or so miles, has a few fun sections in it but nothing hard. Overall, there is about 23~ miles of great riding here!

This is just for the Torn shirt portion. The first half has some really hard steep climbs. The second half is more flowy. Pretty narrow in a few spots and some tight turns. Was expecting to see more log piles and maybe at least one skinny.

Really nice trails. Make sure to brush off your tires before you go biking elsewhere, as there were quite a few invasive species on the trail.

First time on Murray Lake and the Lost trail today. Lots of fun and fast flow especially in the shady woods. Some rooty steep climbs but not too bad if you keep momentum. The open areas have weeds and brush that obscure the trails in summer. Good advanced beginner and intermediate trail. About 12 miles long.

Tried the Murray Lake Trail, nicely groomed and signage was excellent. Good amount of roots and rocks to make it a bit of a challenge but not too technical.

Murray Lake is sweet pure singletrack with lots of great ups and downs and tight trees. Torn Shirt has about 5 long challenging climbs before it opens up to a fun flowy section. Both are great trails for intermediate-advanced riders.

Love love love!

Great intermediate trail. Moderately technical roots/rocks throughout the course, also with a good amount of speed and flow. I unfortunately didn't get to ride the torn shirt loop, as I didn't get there until late and the sun was setting. Feels similar to pontiac lake. Lots of fun.

Brighton Rec has some of my favorite trails in Southeast Michigan. As other reviewers have stated, there are numerous trails here all ranging in difficulty. Highly recommend riding every trail here. Fast flow, technical sections, fun drops, brutal climbs, amazing nature scenery, and over 20 miles of trails; trust me, you won't be disappointed.

Great trail system. Murray lake is now up to 13 mi long if u do the extra what and lost/found loops. Torn shirt has been lengthened to 7.6 mi and a new trail called the Appleton loop has been added. It's a short easy trail about 2.2 mi. It's good as a warm up or cool down or for a good sprint.

Pretty fun trail. Much easier and faster overall than the Poto. Several loops you can do. Not very rooty which is nice. Would have gotten 4 stars, but 2 negatives for me were that the trails are very poorly marked where there are intersections and it is not very well groomed. A lot of areas where you have to suck your head to avoid branches and brush. Quite a bit of trail that is tight with weeds. Still a fun trail and pretty quick. No huge climbs. Only thing I found technical at all was that it did have some really tight turns which are fun, but I am beginner-intermediate rider and I still have to slow for some tight turns that don't have great banks.

Rode the Murray lake loop including lost loop. Not that it was a really tough ride, but it was more work than I thought it would be. Will have to come back and try the torn shirt loop. Would have given 5 stars, but trail was obscured by weeds in quite a few spots

First time here and found the trails definitely on the intermediate side and enjoyable. The trail head has a map with color coding but then that color coding I didn't find consistent on the trails, they used names. (Maybe I missed the signage). Met some nice folks talking about the trail signage and mapping getting updated as well as the addition of new trails. Will definitely be back!

A favourite

Just rode it for the first time today and loved it. It went from climby to fast to curvy with quite a few technical spots. The torn shirt was a great challenge and the other 9 miles had great flow and climbs with awesome scenery

Frost is gone ,trails in excellent shape , besides a little bit of debris from winter. Trail mileage is off , there is actually 21 . 2 miles total if you do all loops available. Mileage was measured with wheel not GPS.

This was a nice trail. Very well marked. There are several loops, most can be avoided if you want to cut your ride short. It was damp when I went, with some mud. A little hard to judge the trail. There were a few steep climbs, but other than that no challenging obstacles. I didn't get to ride torn shirt, I barely made it out before dark. I can't wait to hit this trail again in the spring. I did a total of 11.5 miles. I too warmed up on the Appleton trail. It was nice and leisurely.

There is a third trail now called Appleton loop. Start at trailhead and cut left and cross park road. It's about 2 miles. Makes for a nice warm up loop.