Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Squirrel Loop & Will Scarlet Avenue

8 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Squirrel Loop & Will Scarlet Avenue is an 8-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near La Grange, WI. It climbs 370 ft. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi873 – 1,014 ft8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.82027, -88.60341
Nearest town La Grange, WI

Directions

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Squirrel Loop & Will Scarlet Avenue

8 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 874–1,015 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: 42.82027, -88.60341

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear right onto Downtown, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left onto Squirrel Loop, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
  13. 1 miTurn left onto Will Scarlet Avenue, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miBear left onto Marian Drive, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miReach Squirrel Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Will Scarlet Avenue, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Squirrel Loop, heading E.
  22. 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left onto Downtown, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  27. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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