Muskego Recreation Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Muskego Recreation Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Bluhm Park near Durham, WI. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi774 – 837 ft9.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.86822, -88.07749
Nearest town Durham, WI
Directions
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Muskego Recreation Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 775–836 ft
Out & Back · Bluhm Park
Trailhead: 42.86822, -88.07749
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Seven Waters Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Muskego Recreation Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
76% paved16% gravel8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:55 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:23 PM — 1 min before dark.
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