Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Moraine Ridge Trail
10 mi · ▲ 609 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Moraine Ridge Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Little Prairie, WI. It climbs 609 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi866 – 1,027 ft10.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.87052, -88.54389
Nearest town Little Prairie, WI
Directions
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Moraine Ridge Trail
10 mi · ▲ 609 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Elevation 865–1,028 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: 42.87052, -88.54389
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach Moraine Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ice Age Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 147 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Ice Age Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Ice Age Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Connector Trail via Moraine Ridge Trail 11 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Ice Age Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 120 ft
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