B-Line Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 4 hr 7 min
B-Line Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Switchyard Park near Hunter Switch, IN. It climbs 497 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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B-Line Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 700–911 ft
Out & Back · Switchyard Park
Trailhead: 39.17947, -86.57413
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 64°F / low 57° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 7:35 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto West Amy Robinson Drive, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto B-Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto B-Line Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto West Amy Robinson Drive, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto B-Line Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:12 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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