Muskego Recreation Trail
15.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 5 hr 10 min
Muskego Recreation Trail is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Bluhm Park near Woodcrest Heights, WI. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Muskego Recreation Trail
15.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 5 hr 10 min
Elevation 775–836 ft
Out & Back · Bluhm Park
Trailhead: 42.88738, -88.14279
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Muskego Recreation Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 1 miArrive 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 6.6 mi in (~161 min). Leave by 3:54 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Muskego Recreation Trail Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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