Vista Sunset Spot Loop via Yellow Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Vista Sunset Spot Loop via Yellow Trail is a 3.2-mile loop in Kettle Moraine State Forest near Dundee, WI. The route reaches Vista Sunset Spot. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Vista Sunset Spot Loop via Yellow Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 991–1,155 ft
Loop · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: Vista Trail · 43.64237, -88.19051
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Vista Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Vista Sunset Spot.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Green Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Vista Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 13 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Vista Sunset Spot–Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Horseriders Camp Access Trail, 3 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Long Lake–Vista Sunset Spot, 5 sights 15.1 mi · ▲ 337 ft
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