Red Trail & Yellow Trail Loop
3.5 mi · ▲ 89 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Red Trail & Yellow Trail Loop is a 3.5-mile loop in Kettle Moraine State Forest near New Prospect, WI. It is mostly level, with 89 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Trail & Yellow Trail Loop
3.5 mi · ▲ 89 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 976–1,065 ft
Loop · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: 43.62065, -88.20162
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Brown Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail & Red/Purple Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 379 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Crooked Lake Trail Loop & Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Butler Lake–Butler Lake Loop, 3 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Forest Lake–Little Mud Lake, 5 lakes 13.9 mi · ▲ 390 ft
- Vista Sunset Spot & Yellow Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Auburn Lake & Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 57 ft
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