Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail
12.2 mi · ▲ 556 ft · 4 hr 21 min
White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit near Eagle, WI. It climbs 556 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi889 – 1,060 ft12.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.86890, -88.50364
Nearest town Eagle, WI
Directions
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White Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail
12.2 mi · ▲ 556 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Elevation 889–1,060 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit
Trailhead: 42.86890, -88.50364
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Blue Loop, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto White Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ice Age Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach White Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Blue Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto White Loop, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Loop, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:57 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Moraine Ridge Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Stute Spring & Stute Springs Trail via Blue Loop 5.6 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 65 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Moraine Ridge Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Orange Loop via Moraine Ridge Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 121 ft
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