Muskego Recreation Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Muskego Recreation Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Moorland Park near Tess Corners, WI. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Muskego Recreation Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Elevation 780–855 ft
Out & Back · Moorland Park
Trailhead: 42.92959, -88.08377
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 62°F / low 59° · precip 54% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Muskego Recreation Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Seven Waters Trail 14.7 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Muskego Recreation Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 84 ft
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