Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Ice Age Trail
10 mi · ▲ 465 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Ice Age Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Ottawa, WI. It climbs 465 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ice Age Trail
10 mi · ▲ 465 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 863–1,059 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: 42.96098, -88.45014
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 miTurn left onto Stark Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
- 2.9 miBear left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~124 min). Leave by 4:33 PM for the 6:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ice Age Trail 12.8 mi · ▲ 481 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 343 ft
- Observation Loop via Ice Age Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Ice Age Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Ice Age Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 59 ft
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