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A map showing the area, labeled here as "Kettle Range" Kettle Moraine is a large moraine in the state of Wisconsin, United States. It stretches from Walworth County in the south to Kewaunee County in the north. It has also been referred to as the Kettle Range and, in geological texts, as the Kettle Interlobate Moraine.
Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive generally follows county and local roads. It begins near Whitewater – at the southern expanse of the Kettle Moraine State Forest's southern unit ( 42°45′56″N 88°42′18″W / 42.76556°N 88.70500°W / 42.76556; -88.70500 ), the drive takes a northeast trek and passes through six counties: Walworth ...
The chief feature of the reserve is the Kettle Moraine, a highly glaciated area. The area contains very hilly terrain and glacial landforms, such as kettles , kames and eskers . The 56,000-acre (23,000 ha) [ 1 ] forest is divided into two large and three small units, which are spread across a hundred miles.
Trails will be closed to hiking and snowshoeing during a timber harvest.
The Loew Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is a 1,090-acre (4 km 2) member of the Wisconsin state park system.The unit offers hiking, hunting, and horse riding along the east branch of the Oconomowoc River and the shore of 23-acre (0 km 2) Loew Lake, and also features a number of large conifer plantations.
Lapham Peak is a Wisconsin state park located in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. It is just south of Delafield and seven miles (11 km) west of Waukesha. The park entrance is two miles (3 km) north of the Glacial Drumlin State Trail.
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Because of its location near Kettle Moraine State Forest and Natureland County Park, the area is known for biking (on-road and off-road), golf, hiking, camping, hang gliding, cross-country skiing, water skiing, swimming, fishing, and boating. Native Americans once referred to Whitewater as "Minneiska", now the name of the local Minneiska Ski Team.