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Lisbon Community Park

Menomonee County Park Beach via Bugline Trail

14.4 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 4 hr 53 min

Menomonee County Park Beach via Bugline Trail is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Lisbon Community Park near Merton, WI. The route reaches Menomonee County Park Beach at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 176 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi879 – 994 ft15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 43.15762, -88.28636
Nearest town Merton, WI
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Menomonee County Park Beach via Bugline Trail

14.4 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 4 hr 53 min

Elevation 878–995 ft

Out & Back · Lisbon Community Park

Trailhead: 43.15762, -88.28636

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bugline Trail, heading E.
  6. 3.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 2.9 miReach Menomonee County Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 6.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/menomonee-county-park-beach-out-back

Trail surface

91% paved9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:23 PM — 2 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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