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Petrifying Springs County Park

North Shore Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 2 hr 4 min

North Shore Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Petrifying Springs County Park near Somers, WI. It is mostly level, with 216 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi610 – 742 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65276, -87.86772
Nearest town Somers, WI
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North Shore Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 610–742 ft

Out & Back · Petrifying Springs County Park

Trailhead: 42.65276, -87.86772

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right onto North Shore Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/north-shore-trail-out-back-10-km-4c58

Trail surface

86% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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