Goose Lake via Military Ridge State Trail
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Goose Lake via Military Ridge State Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Ice Age Trail Junction Area near Verona, WI. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Goose Lake via Military Ridge State Trail
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 949–968 ft
Out & Back · Ice Age Trail Junction Area
Trailhead: 42.99419, -89.51239
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 64°F / low 55° · precip 37% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Transit-accessible: E Verona & Maple Grove (WB) stop 63 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Military Ridge State Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miReach Goose Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM — 4 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: E Verona & Maple Grove (WB) stop 63 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Nessie's Pond & The Pond Across the Way via Military Ridge State Trail 7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Ice Age Junction Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Prairie Moraine County Park Viewpoint–Whalen Pond, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Whalen Pond & Ice Age Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Badger Prairie Pond & Ice Age Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 169 ft
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