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Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Big Hill Overlook & Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail

8.1 mi · ▲ 651 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Big Hill Overlook & Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Palmyra, WI. The route reaches Big Hill Overlook at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 651 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,060 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Moraine Ridge Trail 42.86812, -88.57772
Nearest town Palmyra, WI
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Big Hill Overlook & Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail

8.1 mi · ▲ 651 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 890–1,060 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: Moraine Ridge Trail · 42.86812, -88.57772

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM

Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 1.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  7. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 250 ftSharp right onto Blue Loop, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Loop, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Loop, heading NE.
  12. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Stute Springs Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miReach Big Hill Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Loop, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right onto Green Loop, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  19. 0.6 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-hill-overlook-green-loop-out-back-13-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM

Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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