Wisconsin trails · Driftless Horse Trail
Driftless Horse Trail
A 14.9-mile loop in Wisconsin, with 340 ft of climbing. Reaches Halverson Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 1,555 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Halverson Lake (lake)
- Twin Valley Lake 6.07 (lake)
- Twin Valley Lake (lake)
Getting there
Uplands Trail access. About 8 min drive (4 mi) from Dodgeville. 43.02050, -90.13554 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:44 a.m., the sun rises at 7:12 a.m. and sets at 6:19 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:48 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 07 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 14.9-mile route takes roughly 5 h 41 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:53 p.m. — 5 h 26 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Uplands Trail + Driftless Horse Trail — 2.4 mi loop, 242 ft gain
- Driftless Horse Trail — 14.9 mi loop, 2,218 ft gain