AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Memorial Park

Pioneer Trail

2 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 43 min

Pioneer Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Memorial Park near Platteville, WI. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 961 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.72880, -90.48762
Nearest town Platteville, WI
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Pioneer Trail

2 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 43 min

Elevation 839–962 ft

Out & Back · Memorial Park

Trailhead: 42.72880, -90.48762

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pioneer Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pioneer-trail-out-back-3-km-2512

Trail surface

50% gravel49% paved1% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:20 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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