Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Connector Trail & White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 5 hr 1 min
Connector Trail & White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Little Prairie, WI. It climbs 576 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Connector Trail & White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 5 hr 1 min
Elevation 889–1,060 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: McMiller Ski Trail System · 42.85896, -88.51877
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Loop, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto White Loop, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 miReach White Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Blue Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto White Loop, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading E.
- 0.7 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from McMiller Ski Trail System Trailhead
- Ice Age Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Blue Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 205 ft
- Stute Spring via Blue Loop 4.1 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Big Hill Overlook via Blue Loop 3.7 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Blue Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Blue Loop 3.9 mi · ▲ 230 ft
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