Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve
Blue Trail via Orange Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Blue Trail via Orange Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve near Newark, WI. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Blue Trail via Orange Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 755–876 ft
Out & Back · Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.49817, -89.23811
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Orange Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
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