Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Little Prairie, WI. It climbs 472 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Green Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 849–1,041 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: 42.87052, -88.54389
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading E.
- 1.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Green Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Green Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ice Age Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 147 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 10 mi · ▲ 609 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Ice Age Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Ice Age Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Connector Trail via Moraine Ridge Trail 11 mi · ▲ 293 ft
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