Photo Credit: David Lonsdorf The Hike The hike starts at the Ice Age Junction parking lot and joins the Ice Age Trail to go south through a ~200-acre restored prairie. This is named the Ice Age Trail Junction Area and is managed by the Dane County Parks Department and provides a visual and physical separation […]

Photo Credit: Kevin Thusius The Hike Come out for a short evening stroll on Dane County Parks and National Park Service properties. From the parking lot, part of a 0.4-mile while-blazed loop trail leads to the former Wilkie family home that now serves as the Ice Age Trail National Park Service office.  The trail then […]

Photo Credit: Kevin Thusius The Hike The trail crosses Bourbon Road near the Cross Plains fire station and heads south between buildings into the John I. Hillenbrand Glacial Valley Conservancy. The trail climbs sharply and meanders southward along the top of a wooded ridge, overlapping and crossing part of the Conservancy Trail. After passing behind […]

Photo Credit: Brent Sieling The Hike Springfield Hill Segment is currently a small loop trail that can be hiked in either direction. Enjoy the extensive restoration work done if you start your hike to left, with overgrown honeysuckle, buckthorn, and walnut trees have been removed to restore native prairie. The trail ascend to the crest […]

Photo Credit: Nick Lane The Hike Evening hike on a newer portion of the Ice Age Trail. The Trail now extends north from Indian Lake County Park on north side of Hwy 19 in the Halfway Prairie Wildlife Area. Event Details We'll start in Indian Lake Park by the shelter, but then head north along […]