Big Hill Overlook via Blue Loop is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. The route reaches Big Hill Overlook. It climbs 408 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi889 – 1,040 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 42.87913, -88.50289
Nearest town Eagle, WI
Directions
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Big Hill Overlook via Blue Loop
5.7 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 890–1,040 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.87913, -88.50289
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
- Start on Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 1 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 miContinue straight onto Blue Loop, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:25 PM.
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