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Kurtz Woods State Natural Area
4.3 ★★★★☆ 30 Google reviews · Running trail in Grafton, Wisconsin · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
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- Shape
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- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Kurtz Woods State Natural Area's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
What runners say about Kurtz Woods State Natural Area
“Beautiful example of undisturbed woodlands in southeast Wisconsin, great hiking trails right outside of Saukville!”
Great spot for its size! (45 acres). The hiking trail takes about 35 minutes at a leisurely pace. There are wonderful rolling kettle moraines that aren’t really obvious from the pictures. Worth a visit. -1 star for unfortunate amount of suburban lawn care noise.
Small but sweet old growth forest with beautiful spring wildflowers featuring glacial moraines and kettles. Nice trails wind through the property.
Nice trail but definitely not after the leaves have fallen. I walked it yesterday and it was hard to follow the trail with the leaves. Hard to see any rocks or tree branches in the way. Plus in a couple of spots, large trees were down across the path.
Great little plot of land. The outer loop was 1.05ish miles and spit us out about a block from our car. It reminds me of an inter urban trail surrounded by houses but everything was very quiet. The snow left us with a clear trail so I don’t know how well maintained the path is in the summer/fall.
Trail conditions & character
“Beautiful example of undisturbed woodlands in southeast Wisconsin, great hiking trails right outside of Saukville!”
Plan your run at Kurtz Woods State Natural Area
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- Phone(608) 266-0394
Hours
| Monday | 6 AM–8 PM |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 6 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 6:30 AM–8:30 PM |
| Friday | 6 AM–8 PM |
| Saturday | 6 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | 6 AM–8 PM |
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