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IAT Verona Segment – 11/21/2025

I’m still trying to finish up the Verona segment. It seems to be the segment that won’t let me finish.

I walked the first 0.6 miles from KcKee Rd at the northern end (plus the last 1.2 miles of the Madison segment) on 11/5/2025.

I returned to the southern end today, intending to knock out the rest of it, but I bit off more than I could chew. I could only make it as far as the Badger Prairie County Park before I had to turn back to return to my car before it got dark. 3.7 miles of the IAT completed (6.4 miles round trip in 2 hrs 26 mins).

a boardwalk across a wetland in the foreground; bare trees border the horizon in the background; an overcast sky hanged over the scene
A view over the wetlands looking north toward the Verona Town Hall.
a covered bridge over the Badger Mill Creek; the entrance is decorated with gourds and autumn leaves, and a sign celebrating the 2025 Mammoth Hike Challenge
A covered bridge over Badger Mill Creek. It has been decorated in a style typical of the Thanksgiving holiday, with an added flourish: A sign celebrating the 2025 Mammoth Hike Challenge!
oak trees tower into an evening sky streaked with clouds
I took this photo of denuded oak trees during a short break on the way back.
The author in a green wool cap and a charcoal gray jacket at the trailhead
Obligatory trail selfie.
two maps side by side showing the Verona Segment of the Ice Age Trail; one is the map posted at the trailhead, the other is a screen cap of the hike recorded on an app
Map of the segment as posted in the kiosk at the trailhead (I didn’t quite make it all the way to the top), and a screen cap of the recorded hike from the trailhead to the park and back.

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