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Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Stute Spring & Moraine Ridge Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 904 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Stute Spring & Moraine Ridge Trail is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Palmyra, WI. The route reaches Stute Spring at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 904 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi830 – 1,060 ft13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.85076, -88.61047
Nearest town Palmyra, WI
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Stute Spring & Moraine Ridge Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 904 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Elevation 829–1,060 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit

Trailhead: 42.85076, -88.61047

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:55 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear left onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
  3. 350 ftBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.5 miTurn left onto Ice Age Trail, heading SE.
  5. 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  9. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Blue Loop, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right onto Stute Springs Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Loop, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miReach Stute Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Stute Springs Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miSharp left onto Blue Loop, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.6 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 1 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
  21. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
  22. 350 ftTurn right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
  23. 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 200 ftContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading W.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 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/stute-spring-moraine-ridge-trail-out-back-21-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:41 AMSunset 6:55 PM

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