Blue Trail
2 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 43 min
Blue Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Muscatatuck County Park near Vernon, IN. It is mostly level, with 116 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi604 – 742 ft2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: River Trail 38.98816, -85.61831
Nearest town Vernon, IN
Directions
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Blue Trail
2 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 43 min
Elevation 604–742 ft
Out & Back · Muscatatuck County Park
Trailhead: River Trail · 38.98816, -85.61831
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:29 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Connector Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading E.
- 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 surface
25% dirt75% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:29 AMSunset 7:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from River Trail Trailhead
- Blue Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 177 ft
- Blue Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Muscatauck Rock Climb Cliff–Blue Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Blue Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Blue Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 116 ft
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