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Wyalusing State Park

Sugar Maple Nature Trail & Turkey Hollow Trail

4 mi · ▲ 668 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Sugar Maple Nature Trail & Turkey Hollow Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Wyalusing State Park near Wyalusing, WI. It climbs 668 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi679 – 1,116 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prairie Trail 42.98259, -91.11152
Nearest town Wyalusing, WI
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Sugar Maple Nature Trail & Turkey Hollow Trail

4 mi · ▲ 668 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 680–1,114 ft

Out & Back · Wyalusing State Park

Trailhead: Prairie Trail · 42.98259, -91.11152

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on State Park Lane, heading S.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading S.
  3. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 200 ftTurn left onto Sugar Maple Nature Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.8 miReach Turkey Hollow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Hollow Trail, heading N.
  10. 1.1 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/sugar-maple-nature-trail-turkey-hollow-trail-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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