Hiking trails near West Bend, Wisconsin

40 official trails lie within 25 miles of West Bend — 220 miles in total, 30 rated easy and 6 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 323 ft; the median trail gains 68 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Ice Age National Scenic Trail	35.8	323 ft	Hard	18 min · 7 mi
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail	15.4	213 ft	Hard	59 min · 31 mi
Eisenbahn State Trail	24.3	203 ft	Moderate	8 min · 3 mi
Parnell Tower Trail	3.1	189 ft	Moderate	47 min · 24 mi
Bugline Trail	5.8	117 ft	Easy	26 min · 18 mi
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Forest Lake Trail Loop	3.5	80 ft	Easy	35 min · 18 mi
Lake to Lake Bike Trail	5.6	82 ft	Easy	37 min · 21 mi
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Crooked Lake Trail Loop	3.1	107 ft	Easy	39 min · 19 mi
Butler Lake Loop	1.9	67 ft	Easy	44 min · 23 mi
White Loop	1.2	148 ft	Easy	18 min · 7 mi
Loop 3 (Kettle Moraine State Forest)	2.3	68 ft	Easy	29 min · 14 mi
Loop 4 (Kettle Moraine State Forest)	1.6	52 ft	Easy	25 min · 13 mi
The Bog Loop	1.4	42 ft	Easy	43 min · 29 mi
Ozaukee Interurban Trail	1.6	63 ft	Easy	34 min · 20 mi
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Horseriders Camp Access Trail	1.0	72 ft	Easy	35 min · 18 mi
Main Dike Trail	3.5	30 ft	Easy	1 h 00 min · 31 mi
Forked Astor Trails	1.1	33 ft	Easy	33 min · 23 mi
Oak Hill 1	1.4	42 ft	Easy	35 min · 27 mi
Fox River Trail	1.4	37 ft	Easy	43 min · 26 mi
Tamarack Circle Trail	2.2	28 ft	Easy	37 min · 19 mi
Bridle Trail (Harrington Beach State Park)	1.2	47 ft	Easy	41 min · 26 mi
Oak Hill 4	1.1	26 ft	Easy	33 min · 25 mi
Oak Hill 2	1.5	18 ft	Easy	36 min · 27 mi
West Meadow Trail	1.3	20 ft	Easy	47 min · 30 mi

Quick picks near West Bend

Easy and short: Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Forest Lake Trail Loop — 3.5 mi, rated easy, 14 mi from town
Biggest climb: Ice Age National Scenic Trail — 323 ft over 35.8 mi, 5 mi from town
Longest: Ice Age National Scenic Trail — 35.8 mi, 5 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Ice Age National Scenic Trail to Otter Pond; Eisenbahn State Trail to Kewaskum Millpond; Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Forest Lake Trail Loop to Little Mud Lake; Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Crooked Lake Trail Loop to Crooked Lake

Trail guides near West Bend

Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Main Horse Trail — 11.4 mi, 137 ft climb · 5 mi away

Nearby towns: Milwaukee (27 mi) · Fond du Lac (28 mi) · Sheboygan (32 mi) · Watertown (32 mi)

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