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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 1 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading S.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftSharp right onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
  12. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
  13. 300 ftTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  14. 1.5 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftReach Moraine Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 300 ftBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  17. 1.5 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading E.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading E.
  19. 1.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
  22. 350 ftTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  24. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  25. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  29. 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

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