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Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Bryant Creek Lake–Mason Ridge Trail, 3 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 916 ft · 3 hr 17 min

Bryant Creek Lake–Mason Ridge Trail, 3 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Morgan-Monroe State Forest near Fleener, IN. The route reaches Bryant Creek Lake at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 916 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi666 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail 39.31646, -86.42122
Nearest town Fleener, IN
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Bryant Creek Lake–Mason Ridge Trail, 3 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 916 ft · 3 hr 17 min

Elevation 665–923 ft

Out & Back · Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Trailhead: Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail · 39.31646, -86.42122

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Cutoff, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Three Lakes Trail, heading W.
  6. 3 miTurn left onto Shelterhouse Connector, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftReach Bryant Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading SW.
  9. 3 miContinue straight onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Cutoff, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mason Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.3 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/bryant-creek-lake-bryant-creek-lake-out-back-4-sights-14-km

Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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