Big Hill Overlook via Moraine Ridge Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. The route reaches Big Hill Overlook at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 318 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi896 – 1,040 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.86890, -88.50364
Nearest town Eagle, WI
Directions
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Big Hill Overlook via Moraine Ridge Trail
4 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 894–1,040 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: 42.86890, -88.50364
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Blue Loop, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Stute Springs Trail, heading W.
- 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.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 556 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Stute Spring & Stute Springs Trail via Blue Loop 5.6 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 65 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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