AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Big Walnut Sports Park

Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail–Campus Link Trail, 3 sights

4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail–Campus Link Trail, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Big Walnut Sports Park near Edgewood Lake, IN. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi817 – 850 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail 39.64137, -86.79905
Nearest town Edgewood Lake, IN
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail–Campus Link Trail, 3 sights

4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 819–849 ft

Out & Back · Big Walnut Sports Park

Trailhead: Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail · 39.64137, -86.79905

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:35 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto People Pathways Red Route, heading N.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left onto Campus Link Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miReach Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto People Pathways Red Route, heading N.
  6. 1.1 miTurn left onto Big Walnut Sports Park Loop Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 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/big-walnut-sports-park-loop-trail-campus-link-trail-out-back-3-sights-6-km

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:35 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Edgewood Lake, Indiana