Ice Age National Scenic Trail
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a 1,200-mile route entirely within Wisconsin that traces the terminal moraine of the last glaciation, roughly 10,000 years ago. It showcases glacial landforms such...
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We don't yet have an OpenStreetMap relation for this trail. Terminus pins are shown from cited sources; the full polyline will be added after manual GPX verification.
- Length
- 1,200 mi
- Thru-hike
- 49–84 days
- Elev. gain
- —
- States
- 1
About the route
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a 1,200-mile route entirely within Wisconsin that traces the terminal moraine of the last glaciation, roughly 10,000 years ago. It showcases glacial landforms such as kettles, eskers, kames, and drumlins across 30 counties, and in 2023 became an official unit of the National Park System.
Termini
Terminus A
Potawatomi State Park, Sturgeon Bay, WI
44.8644, -87.4150
Terminus B
Interstate State Park, St. Croix Falls, WI
45.4002, -92.6474
Verified waypoints
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What we don't yet have
We deliberately do not display water sources, resupply towns, shuttle services, or trail-side businesses on this page. Those change every season and an out-of-date pin can be a safety issue, especially on the high-desert and alpine sections of long trails. Use the trail association's published guide, FarOut, or Guthook for that level of detail; verify with rangers before relying on any cached source.
Official sources
Last verified by us: 2026-05-14
Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Reconfirm alerts, permits, and closures with the agency before you go.
Best seasons
States traversed
Editor's note
Roughly 675 of 1,200 mi completed off-road as of 2020; remainder uses connecting routes.