Long Lake & Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach via Unofficial Thorny Shortcut
0.9 mi · ▲ 90 ft · 21 min
Long Lake & Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach via Unofficial Thorny Shortcut is a 0.9-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest near Dundee, WI. The route passes Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach and Long Lake before reaching Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach at the turnaround, 0.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 90 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Lake & Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach via Unofficial Thorny Shortcut
0.9 mi · ▲ 90 ft · 21 min
Elevation 1,012–1,073 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: 43.66341, -88.16874
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach.
- 50 ftPass Long Lake.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Unofficial Thorny Shortcut, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Kettle Moraine State Forest Beach.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Long Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 100 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Long Lake–Mauthe Lake, 6 sights 14 mi · ▲ 171 ft
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