AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Brookville Lake & Wolf Creek / Adena Trace Loop

4 mi · ▲ 609 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Brookville Lake & Wolf Creek / Adena Trace Loop is a 4-mile out-and-back near Brookville, IN. It climbs 609 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi761 – 965 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.43976, -85.00542
Nearest town Brookville, IN
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Brookville Lake & Wolf Creek / Adena Trace Loop

4 mi · ▲ 609 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 762–964 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.43976, -85.00542

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:27 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn left onto Wolf Creek / Adena Trace Loop, heading N.
  3. 1.9 miReach Brookville Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 450 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/brookville-lake-out-back

Trail surface

19% gravel81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:27 AMSunset 7:42 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 2 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Brookville, Indiana