Badger Prairie Pond & Ice Age Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 57 min
Badger Prairie Pond & Ice Age Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Badger Prairie County Park near Verona, WI. The route reaches Badger Prairie Pond. It is mostly level, with 169 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Badger Prairie Pond & Ice Age Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 57 min
Elevation 952–1,049 ft
Out & Back · Badger Prairie County Park
Trailhead: 42.99419, -89.51239
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Transit-accessible: E Verona & Maple Grove (WB) stop 63 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Badger Prairie Pond.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Badger Prairie Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 0.8 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: E Verona & Maple Grove (WB) stop 63 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Nessie's Pond & The Pond Across the Way via Military Ridge State Trail 7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Ice Age Junction Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Goose Lake via Military Ridge State Trail 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Prairie Moraine County Park Viewpoint–Whalen Pond, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Whalen Pond & Ice Age Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 138 ft
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