Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Rice Lake–Moraine Ridge Trail, 3 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Rice Lake–Moraine Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Heart Prairie, WI. The route reaches Rice Lake. It climbs 448 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Rice Lake–Moraine Ridge Trail, 3 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 865–1,040 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: Rice Lake Nature Trail · 42.77889, -88.69266
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rice Lake Nature Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Rice Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Ice Age Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto East Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto East Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Rice Lake Nature Trail, heading S.
- 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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