Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail
6 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Hummel Park near Plainfield, IN. It is mostly level, with 60 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail
6 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 705–789 ft
Out & Back · Hummel Park
Trailhead: 39.68269, -86.39149
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto White Lick Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.3 miReach White Lick Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 2.6 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Lick Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Blue Heron Lake 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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