Bluhm Park

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Seven Waters Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 2.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Muskego Recreation Trail, heading S.
  15. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  20. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 2.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 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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