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Menomonee County Park

Legacy Forest–Quarry Pond, 3 beaches

8.6 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Legacy Forest–Quarry Pond, 3 beaches is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Menomonee County Park near Menomonee Falls, WI. The route passes Quarry Pond and Menomonee County Park Beach before reaching Legacy Forest at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 310 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi794 – 938 ft9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bugline Trail 43.17196, -88.14228
Nearest town Menomonee Falls, WI
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Legacy Forest–Quarry Pond, 3 beaches

8.6 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 794–938 ft

Out & Back · Menomonee County Park

Trailhead: Bugline Trail · 43.17196, -88.14228

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bugline Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.3 miSharp right onto Larona Road, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftPass Quarry Pond.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bugline Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miPass Menomonee County Park Beach.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  18. 50 ftReach Legacy Forest, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  25. 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  29. 1.3 miTurn right onto Larona Road, heading E.
  30. 50 ftSharp left onto Bugline Trail, heading E.
  31. 1.2 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/legacy-forest-quarry-pond-out-back-5-beaches-9-km-c26d

Trail surface

56% paved3% dirt1% grass40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:24 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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