Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Blue Loop–Gold Loop, 4 sights
7.8 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Blue Loop–Gold Loop, 4 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Ottawa, WI. It is mostly level, with 203 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blue Loop–Gold Loop, 4 sights
7.8 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 936–1,082 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: 42.96229, -88.45453
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto IAT Access, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear left onto Gold Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Gold Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading NW.
- 300 ftReach Ice Age Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Gold Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Gold Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto IAT Access, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 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
- Gold Loop–Green Loop, 4 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Ice Age Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 114 ft
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