Muskego Recreation Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Muskego Recreation Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Bluhm Park near Durham, WI. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Muskego Recreation Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 775–823 ft
Out & Back · Bluhm Park
Trailhead: 42.88705, -88.07768
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn 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 S.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:13 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Seven Waters Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Seven Waters Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Lake Lore via Muskego Recreation Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- West Lake via Muskego Recreation Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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