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Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Green Trail & Moraine Ridge Trail via Blue Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Green Trail & Moraine Ridge Trail via Blue Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Palmyra, WI. It climbs 398 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi830 – 974 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.85076, -88.61047
Nearest town Palmyra, WI
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Green Trail & Moraine Ridge Trail via Blue Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 829–975 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: 42.85076, -88.61047

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1.3 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miReach Moraine Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.1 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/green-trail-moraine-ridge-trail-out-back-via-blue-trail

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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