Eagle Oak Opening State Natural Area
Big Hill Overlook via Blue Loop
3.7 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Big Hill Overlook via Blue Loop is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Eagle Oak Opening State Natural Area near Little Prairie, WI. The route reaches Big Hill Overlook at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 281 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Big Hill Overlook via Blue Loop
3.7 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 899–1,040 ft
Out & Back · Eagle Oak Opening State Natural Area
Trailhead: McMiller Ski Trail System · 42.85896, -88.51877
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Loop, heading NW.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Stute Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Big Hill Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Loop, heading W.
- 1.7 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from McMiller Ski Trail System Trailhead
- Connector Trail & White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 576 ft
- Ice Age Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Blue Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 205 ft
- Stute Spring via Blue Loop 4.1 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Blue Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Blue Loop 3.9 mi · ▲ 230 ft
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