Goose Lake via Military Ridge State Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min
Goose Lake via Military Ridge State Trail is a 2.6-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
2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min
Elevation 947–968 ft
Out & Back · Ice Age Trail Junction Area
Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.99170, -89.51476
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Transit-accessible: E Verona & Maple Grove (EB) stop 325 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right 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 left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:21 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: E Verona & Maple Grove (EB) stop 325 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ice Age Trail Trailhead
- Nessie's Pond & The Pond Across the Way via Military Ridge State Trail 7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Whalen Pond & Ice Age Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Prairie Moraine County Park Viewpoint–Whalen Pond, 3 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 224 ft
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