Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Big Hill Overlook & Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Big Hill Overlook & Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Palmyra, WI. The route reaches Big Hill Overlook. It climbs 720 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi850 – 1,060 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 42.86857, -88.57407
Nearest town Palmyra, WI

Directions

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Big Hill Overlook & Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Elevation 849–1,060 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.86857, -88.57407

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 1.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  5. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 250 ftSharp right onto Blue Loop, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Loop, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Loop, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Stute Springs Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miReach Big Hill Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Loop, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
  15. 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 1 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.4 miSharp left onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  25. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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