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.
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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
- Start on Ice Age Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Blue Loop, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Loop, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Loop, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Stute Springs Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Big Hill Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Loop, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
More from Ice Age Trail Trailhead
- Ice Age Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 451 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 442 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 526 ft
- Ice Age Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Ice Age Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 196 ft
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