Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail
14.5 mi · ▲ 541 ft · 5 hr 6 min
Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest near Dundee, WI. It climbs 541 ft. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Ice Age Trail via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail
14.5 mi · ▲ 541 ft · 5 hr 6 min
Elevation 993–1,237 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: 43.64824, -88.17183
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lake to Lake Bike Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Butler Lake Loop, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 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 E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach Ice Age Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 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 SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Butler Lake Loop, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Lake to Lake Bike Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.2 mi in (~107 min). Leave by 4:49 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Brown Trail & Lake to Lake Bike Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Mauthe Lake–Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach, 4 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 199 ft
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