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Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Ice Age Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Ice Age Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. It climbs 498 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 1,083 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 42.91896, -88.47331
Nearest town Eagle, WI
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Ice Age Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 870–1,082 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.91896, -88.47331

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
  2. 2.1 miBear left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.8 miReach Ice Age Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 400 ftBear left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
  24. 1.9 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/ice-age-trail-ice-age-trail-out-back-16-km-cb94

Trail surface

80% dirt2% paved1% grass17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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