Blue Trail Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 49 min
Blue Trail Loop is a 2.3-mile loop in Muscatatuck County Park near Vernon, IN. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Trail Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 49 min
Elevation 584–742 ft
Loop · Muscatatuck County Park
Trailhead: Gum Street Green Way · 38.98826, -85.62673
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:29 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 8:11 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Gum Street Green Way Trailhead
- Gum Street Green Way 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Blue Trail 2 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Blue Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Blue Trail Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- Muscatauck Rock Climb Cliff–Blue Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Green Trail via Blue Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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