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Yellowwood State Forest

Bear Lodge Lake & Ridge Road Loop Trail via Tecumseh Trail

4 mi · ▲ 323 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Bear Lodge Lake & Ridge Road Loop Trail via Tecumseh Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Waycross, IN. The route reaches Bear Lodge Lake at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 323 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi715 – 942 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ridge Road Loop Trail 39.29924, -86.33549
Nearest town Waycross, IN
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Bear Lodge Lake & Ridge Road Loop Trail via Tecumseh Trail

4 mi · ▲ 323 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 715–942 ft

Out & Back · Yellowwood State Forest

Trailhead: Ridge Road Loop Trail · 39.29924, -86.33549

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

  1. Start on Ridge Road Loop Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Waycross C&C to Tecumseh Trail Link, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1.3 miReach Bear Lodge Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.3 miTurn left onto Waycross C&C to Tecumseh Trail Link, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridge Road Loop Trail, heading S.
  7. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-lodge-lake-ridge-road-loop-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

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