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Brooklyn State Wildlife Area

Ice Age Viewpoint & Ice Age Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Ice Age Viewpoint & Ice Age Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Brooklyn State Wildlife Area near Basco, WI. The route reaches Ice Age Viewpoint. It climbs 559 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi886 – 1,050 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 42.89226, -89.50815
Nearest town Basco, WI
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Ice Age Viewpoint & Ice Age Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Elevation 885–1,050 ft

Out & Back · Brooklyn State Wildlife Area

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.89226, -89.50815

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  2. 4.3 miPass Ice Age Viewpoint.
  3. 0.9 miReach Ice Age Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 5.1 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-viewpoint-ice-age-trail-out-back-3-sights-17-km-9ade

Trail surface

81% dirt1% boardwalk18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:44 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM — 1 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Basco, Wisconsin