Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest near Dundee, WI. It climbs 398 ft. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 1,043–1,243 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: 43.64908, -88.13483
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Parnell Tower Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Ice Age Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 11 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Division Road–Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Horseriders Camp Access Trail, 3 sights 11.2 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 286 ft
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