Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Lake La Grange–Moraine Ridge Trail, 5 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 477 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Lake La Grange–Moraine Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Heart Prairie, WI. The route reaches Lake La Grange. It climbs 477 ft. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lake La Grange–Moraine Ridge Trail, 5 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 477 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 877–1,015 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.78868, -88.66576
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ice Age Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Robinhood Lane, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Lake La Grange.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Marian Drive, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Will Scarlet Avenue, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Squirrel Loop, heading SE.
- 1.1 miReach Lake La Grange, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Will Scarlet Avenue, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Marian Drive, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Robinhood Lane, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 6:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ice Age Trail Trailhead
- Lake La Grange–Marian Drive, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Rice Lake & Moraine Ridge Trail via Ice Age Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 448 ft
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