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Blue Loop is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. It is mostly level, with 239 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,020 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Blue Loop

5.1 mi · ▲ 239 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 890–1,020 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

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  2. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 400 ftBear left onto Blue Loop, heading SW.
  4. 2.1 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

82% dirt18% 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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