Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Ice Age Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 578 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Ice Age Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. It climbs 578 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi863 – 1,043 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stark Road 42.91159, -88.47437
Nearest town Eagle, WI

Directions

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Ice Age Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 578 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Elevation 863–1,044 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: Stark Road · 42.91159, -88.47437

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Stark Road, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.9 miBear left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.6 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading E.
  8. 2.7 miTurn left onto Stark Road, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

94% dirt5% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:25 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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