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Kettle Moraine State Forest - Lapham Peak Unit

Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail & Lake Country Trail via Prairie Path

5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail & Lake Country Trail via Prairie Path is a 5-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Lapham Peak Unit near Waterville, WI. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi883 – 994 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 43.03262, -88.41842
Nearest town Waterville, WI
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Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail & Lake Country Trail via Prairie Path

5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 883–995 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Lapham Peak Unit

Trailhead: 43.03262, -88.41842

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:57 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Path, heading NE.
  5. 1 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
  7. 300 ftBear right onto Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lake Country Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miReach Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  12. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 350 ftBear right onto Prairie Path, heading S.
  14. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Cushing Park Road Recreational Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cushing-park-road-recreational-trail-lake-country-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

49% paved43% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 6:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:13 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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