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.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 1,014 ft10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 42.78868, -88.66576
Nearest town Heart Prairie, WI

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
  4. 300 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Robinhood Lane, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miPass Lake La Grange.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Marian Drive, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Will Scarlet Avenue, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Squirrel Loop, heading SE.
  14. 1.1 miReach Lake La Grange, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  18. 1 miTurn right onto Will Scarlet Avenue, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Marian Drive, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Robinhood Lane, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading S.
  25. 1.6 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  26. 50 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

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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