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Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Rice Lake–Lake La Grange, 5 sights

9.9 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Rice Lake–Lake La Grange, 5 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Whitewater, WI. The route passes Rice Lake and Lake La Grange. It climbs 686 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi846 – 1,040 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 42.78032, -88.70360
Nearest town Whitewater, WI
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Rice Lake–Lake La Grange, 5 sights

9.9 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Elevation 847–1,040 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.78032, -88.70360

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miPass Rice Lake.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 1.5 miTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Robinhood Lane, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miPass Lake La Grange.
  11. 350 ftTurn right onto Marian Drive, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Robinhood Lane, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading S.
  18. 1.6 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
  21. 1.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.7 miArrive 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/rice-lake-lake-la-grange-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

75% dirt1% boardwalk24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:41 AMSunset 6:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~106 min). Leave by 4:51 PM for the 6:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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