Wisconsin trails · Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Ice Age National Scenic Trail
A 14.1-mile section of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Wisconsin, with 218 ft of climbing. The full trail runs about 1,200 miles. Reaches Dam Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 48% of the ascent falls between mile 9.4 and mile 14.1. It gives back about 680 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Dam Lake (lake)
- Knickerbocker Lake (lake)
- Picnic Lake (lake)
- Payne Lake (lake)
- Little Beaver Lake (lake)
- Pickerel Lake (lake)
- North of North Shattuck Lake (lake)
- Horseshoe Lake (lake)
- Harwood Lakes (lake)
- Dumke Lake (lake)
Getting there
Ice Age National Scenic Trail access. 45.20903, -91.27330 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:54 a.m., the sun rises at 6:25 a.m. and sets at 7:44 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:15 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 19 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 28.1-mile round trip takes roughly 10 h 38 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 5:03 p.m. — 2 h 41 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Ice Age National Scenic Trail — 1.1 mi loop, 22 ft gain
- Moraine Ridge Trail + Ice Age National Scenic Trail — 3.4 mi loop, 443 ft gain
- Ice Age National Scenic Trail + Moraine Ridge Trail — 3.4 mi loop, 533 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Cahow Trail Loop — 7.5 mi
- Perkinstown Motorized — 28.2 mi
- Ice Age Nst-B — 28.5 mi
- Wild Rivers State Trail — 29.9 mi