Bugline Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Bugline Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Lisbon Community Park near Merton, WI. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bugline Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Elevation 893–995 ft
Out & Back · Lisbon Community Park
Trailhead: 43.15762, -88.28636
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bugline Trail, heading E.
- 3.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 3.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Menomonee County Park Beach via Bugline Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 176 ft
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