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Starkey Nature Park

Big 4 Rail Trail

2 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 42 min

Big 4 Rail Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Starkey Nature Park near Zionsville, IN. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi814 – 889 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Manchester Rail Trail Access 39.94836, -86.27230
Nearest town Zionsville, IN
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Big 4 Rail Trail

2 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 42 min

Elevation 813–888 ft

Out & Back · Starkey Nature Park

Trailhead: Manchester Rail Trail Access · 39.94836, -86.27230

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start on Manchester Rail Trail Access, heading E.
  2. 350 ftTurn right onto Big 4 Rail Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Eagle Creek Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 200 ftBear right onto Trail 5, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftTurn left onto Eagle Creek Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big 4 Rail Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Manchester Rail Trail Access, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftArrive 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/big-4-rail-trail-out-back-3-km-904c

Trail surface

62% paved5% boardwalk4% grass29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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