Muskego Recreation Trail
6.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Muskego Recreation Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Bluhm Park near Durham, WI. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Muskego Recreation Trail
6.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 775–824 ft
Out & Back · Bluhm Park
Trailhead: 42.88374, -88.07349
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Muskego Recreation Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:18 PM — 5 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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