Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail via Ice Age Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail via Ice Age Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest near Greenbush, WI. It climbs 474 ft. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,053 – 1,191 ft9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 43.74336, -88.10154
Nearest town Greenbush, WI
Directions
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Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail via Ice Age Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 1,052–1,191 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: 43.74336, -88.10154
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Purple Loop, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Loop 2, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NW.
- 3.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 3.2 miContinue straight onto Loop 2, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Purple Loop, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
10% dirt3% grass2% paved85% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Butler Lake Viewpoint–Butler Lake, 4 lakes 14.7 mi · ▲ 550 ft
- Ice Age Trail 7 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 472 ft
- Greenbush Group Camp Access & Loop 2 via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- Greenbush Kettle & Red Loop via Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 151 ft
- Loop 3–Loop 4 Loop, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 277 ft
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