CROSS PLAINS — Hikers on the portion of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail that runs through this western Dane County village soon won’t have to walk on some village streets, traipse between a bluff and a plastics plant or walk along a county highway.
Kevin Thusius, senior director of field operations for the Ice Age Trail Alliance, looks over a mix of marsh and prairie and a nearby woods, at right, that are part of the latest acquisition for the 1,200-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail. The land had been used for hunting but by 2028 will be part of the Ice Age Trail.
By 2028, there will be no need for those using the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Cross Plains to hike on Park Street. Instead, the route will take them through woods and marsh north of the village.
The $1 million purchase of 100 acres of woodland, left, and marsh and prairie, right, will still require hikers of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail to cross Highway KP. However, they will no longer need to walk along the side of the road to get from Sherwood Forest Lane and Scheele Road.
The 100-acre addition to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail near Cross Plains includes 30 acres of woodlands and 70 acres of marsh and prairie. A boardwalk through the marsh is one of the routes being considered.
The new addition to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail will connect the Cross Plains Segment with the Table Bluff Segment near Highway KP and Scheele Road.
These former farm buildings along Highway KP north of Cross Plains would be removed as part of a new trail that would be built by 2028 for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. The buildings are part of a 100-acre property that over the last few decades had primarily been used as private hunting land.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
Part of the current route for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail goes between a bluff and Plastics Ingenuity in Cross Plains. The new route will take hikers into the woods and off some of the village streets in Cross Plains.
Kevin Thusius, senior director of field operations for the Ice Age Trail Alliance, looks over a mix of marsh and prairie and a nearby woods, at right, that are part of the latest acquisition for the 1,200-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail. The land had been used for hunting but by 2028 will be part of the Ice Age Trail.
By 2028, there will be no need for those using the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Cross Plains to hike on Park Street. Instead, the route will take them through woods and marsh north of the village.
The 100-acre addition to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail near Cross Plains includes 30 acres of woodlands and 70 acres of marsh and prairie. A boardwalk through the marsh is one of the routes being considered.
The new addition to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail will connect the Cross Plains Segment with the Table Bluff Segment near Highway KP and Scheele Road.
Part of the current route for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail goes between a bluff and Plastics Ingenuity in Cross Plains. The new route will take hikers into the woods and off some of the village streets in Cross Plains.
The $1 million purchase of 100 acres of woodland, left, and marsh and prairie, right, will still require hikers of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail to cross Highway KP. However, they will no longer need to walk along the side of the road to get from Sherwood Forest Lane and Scheele Road.
These former farm buildings along Highway KP north of Cross Plains would be removed as part of a new trail that would be built by 2028 for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. The buildings are part of a 100-acre property that over the last few decades had primarily been used as private hunting land.
