Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Rice Lake & Moraine Ridge Trail via Ice Age Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Rice Lake & Moraine Ridge Trail via Ice Age Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Heart Prairie, WI. The route reaches Rice Lake. It climbs 448 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Rice Lake & Moraine Ridge Trail via Ice Age Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 865–1,040 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 42.78868, -88.66576
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Rice Lake.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Rice Lake Nature Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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