Devil’s Lake – Week Night Hike

Situated along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Devil's Lake State Park offers magnificent views from 500-foot quartzite bluffs overlooking a 360-acre lake. Visitors enjoy nearly 30 miles of hiking trails, four miles of off-road bike trails, lakeshore picnic areas, swimming beaches, scuba diving, paddling opportunities, campsites, concession stands, picnic shelters and picnic sites, fishing, hunting, rock climbing and year-round naturalist programs.

There are so many awesome trails to explore here, let’s start doing some after work hikes. They will be either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night hikes and will range from 3 miles to 7 miles. The starting times will range between either 5:00pm or 5:30pm and usually finish between 7pm and 8pm depending on how long the hike is. Longer hikes will start at the 5:00pm time slot. Nothing too crazy, but just enough to get some exercise in the evenings after work. Eventually we will repeat some trails, but again, this is just to get out and get some exercise during the week.

Trail this Week
We will be doing the East Bluff Trail via Steinke Basin, this will take us up to Devil’s Doorway. This is an out and back and about 4 miles. This route can be found on AllTrails if you would like to download it beforehand.

Friendly dogs are always welcomed, just be sure and bring water for them and they will need to be on a leash, with the many visitors that are out on the trails and the other dogs we need to follow the rules.

What to Bring
Please bring water, electrolytes, snacks and trekking poles if you use them.

Weather
Please check the weather forecast and come prepared for various temperatures.

Directions
We will meet at 5:00pm at the Steinke Basin North Parking Lot, this is outside of Devil’s Lake State Park. Coordinates 43.43046, -89.7101
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There is a pit toilet at the parking lot. I have a black Toyota 4 Runner that has red mountain graphics on the sides, you can’t miss it. I will put a picture of the vehicle in the photo section.

Fees
There are no fees for these evening hikes. A Wisconsin State Parks vehicle sticker is required for parking in Devil’s Lake State Park.