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Moraine Ridge Trail is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. It climbs 534 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,024 ft11.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.89743, -88.47327
Nearest town Eagle, WI

Directions

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Moraine Ridge Trail

11.3 mi · ▲ 534 ft · 4 hr 2 min

Elevation 890–1,024 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: 42.89743, -88.47327

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  3. 3.6 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftBear left onto Blue Loop, heading SW.
  7. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.5 miBear left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  14. 3.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM

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