Greenbush Kettle via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Greenbush Kettle via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest near Greenbush, WI. The route reaches Greenbush Kettle. It climbs 648 ft. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,056 – 1,243 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 43.75066, -88.10246
Nearest town Greenbush, WI
Directions
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Greenbush Kettle via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,056–1,243 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: 43.75066, -88.10246
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Ice Age Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Loop 2, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Purple Loop, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Ice Age Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Greenbush Kettle.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Parnell Tower Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Greenbush Kettle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Purple Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Loop 2, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
42% dirt58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old Plank Road Trail via Ice Age Trail 11.9 mi · ▲ 593 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 352 ft
- Ice Age Trail 12 mi · ▲ 805 ft
- Ice Age Trail 5 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail via Ice Age Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 171 ft
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