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Badger Prairie County Park

Ice Age Junction Trail via Military Ridge State Trail

5.7 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Ice Age Junction Trail via Military Ridge State Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Badger Prairie County Park near Verona, WI. It is mostly level, with 133 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi951 – 1,093 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.98298, -89.53375
Nearest town Verona, WI
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Ice Age Junction Trail via Military Ridge State Trail

5.7 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 951–1,092 ft

Out & Back · Badger Prairie County Park

Trailhead: 42.98298, -89.53375

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 100 ftBear right onto Military Ridge State Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Junction Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 1.1 miReach Ice Age Junction Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Military Ridge State Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 450 ftArrive 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/ice-age-junction-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

48% gravel23% paved9% grass20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:44 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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