Trail Head - Military Ridge State Trail - Mt. Horeb, WI
N 43° 00.454 W 089° 44.300
16T E 276824 N 4765294
The Military Ridge State Trail is a 40 mile trail. Most of it follows the old Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. This trail head is located where the trail crosses S Second St in Mt. Horeb, WI.
Waymark Code: WM4W5H
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2008
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From the Military Ridge State Trail web site (
visit link) :
"The 40-mile Military Ridge State Trail, in Iowa and Dane counties, connects Dodgeville and Madison, Wisconsin, by way of the communities of Ridgeway, Barneveld, Blue Mounds, Mount Horeb, Riley, Klevenville, and Verona.
The trail runs along the southern borders of Governor Dodge and Blue Mound state parks. The land around the trail is primarily agricultural, but also includes woods, wetlands, prairies, villages, and small cities.
The limestone-surfaced trail is open to walkers, bicyclists, and wheelchair users in late spring, summer, and fall and snowmobilers and cross-country skiers in the winter. The segment between Verona and Madison is blacktopped and also usable by in-line skaters.
Most of the trail follows the former Chicago and North Western Railroad corridor, which has a gentle grade of only 2 to 5 percent. Between Dodgeville and Mount Horeb it runs along the top of the Military Ridge, the divide between the Wisconsin River watershed to the north and the Pecatonica and Rock River watershed to the south. Between Mount Horeb and Fitchburg, the trail goes through the Sugar River Valley where it intersects with the Ice Age National Scenic Trail."