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Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum

JSOL East Boundary Powerline Trail via JSOL Blue (Upper) Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 1 min

JSOL East Boundary Powerline Trail via JSOL Blue (Upper) Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum near Janesville, WI. It climbs 315 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi801 – 1,001 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.70097, -89.07183
Nearest town Janesville, WI
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JSOL East Boundary Powerline Trail via JSOL Blue (Upper) Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 799–1,001 ft

Out & Back · Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum

Trailhead: 42.70097, -89.07183

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto JSOL Green (Lower) Trail, heading E.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto JSOL Main Trail, heading N.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto JSOL East West Shortcut (Dark Green) Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto JSOL Green (Lower) Trail, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto JSOL Orange Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto JSOL Blue (Upper) Trail, heading N.
  8. 250 ftTurn right onto JSOL Orange Trail, heading NW.
  9. 200 ftContinue straight onto JSOL East Boundary Powerline Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miReach JSOL East Boundary Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto JSOL Orange Trail, heading S.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto JSOL Blue (Upper) Trail, heading S.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto JSOL Orange Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto JSOL Green (Lower) Trail, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto JSOL East West Shortcut (Dark Green) Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto JSOL Main Trail, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftTurn right onto JSOL Green (Lower) Trail, heading S.
  18. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jsol-east-boundary-powerline-trail-out-back-via-jsol-blue-upper-trail

Trail surface

31% dirt31% grass38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 6:59 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 6:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 8 min before dark.

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