Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Moraine Ridge Trail & Squirrel Loop
6.6 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Moraine Ridge Trail & Squirrel Loop is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near La Grange, WI. It climbs 288 ft. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi873 – 991 ft7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.82027, -88.60341
Nearest town La Grange, WI
Directions
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Moraine Ridge Trail & Squirrel Loop
6.6 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 874–991 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: 42.82027, -88.60341
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Downtown, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Squirrel Loop, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Squirrel Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Squirrel Loop, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Downtown, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, 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
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Squirrel Loop & Will Scarlet Avenue 8 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Derailer–Lime Kiln Trail, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Switchback Mountain 1.9 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Red Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Green Trail & Orange Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Bermuda–Derailer Loop, 4 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 123 ft
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