Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit
Pike Lake & Pike Lake Beach via Ice Age Trail
3 mi · ▲ 124 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Pike Lake & Pike Lake Beach via Ice Age Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit near Pike Lake, WI. The route passes Pike Lake, Pike Lake Beach and Pike Lake Beach. It is mostly level, with 124 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pike Lake & Pike Lake Beach via Ice Age Trail
3 mi · ▲ 124 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 995–1,107 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit
Trailhead: 43.31895, -88.31961
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Pike Lake.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Pike Lake Beach.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftPass Pike Lake Beach.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Accessible Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Pike Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:25 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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