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Blue Loop is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. It climbs 299 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,007 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 42.87913, -88.50289
Nearest town Eagle, WI

Directions

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Blue Loop

6.1 mi · ▲ 299 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 890–1,006 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.87913, -88.50289

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  2. 1 miBear left onto Blue Loop, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 2.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 1 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
  7. 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 6:42 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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