Vista Sunset Spot & Yellow Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Vista Sunset Spot & Yellow Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest near New Prospect, WI. The route reaches Vista Sunset Spot at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Vista Sunset Spot & Yellow Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 976–1,155 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest
Trailhead: 43.62065, -88.20162
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Brown Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Vista Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Vista Sunset Spot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Brown Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.5 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail & Red/Purple Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 379 ft
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Crooked Lake Trail Loop & Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Butler Lake–Butler Lake Loop, 3 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Forest Lake–Little Mud Lake, 5 lakes 13.9 mi · ▲ 390 ft
- Auburn Lake & Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Green Trail & Red Trail Loop via Yellow Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft
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