Petrifying Springs County Park

North Shore Trail

6 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 4 min

North Shore Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Petrifying Springs County Park near Mount Pleasant, WI. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi610 – 692 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.64914, -87.85385
Nearest town Mount Pleasant, WI · Official trailhead info (uwp.edu)

Directions

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North Shore Trail

6 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 610–693 ft

Out & Back · Petrifying Springs County Park

Trailhead: 42.64914, -87.85385

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 1.2 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto North Shore Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  22. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  27. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  29. 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

71% paved27% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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