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Chapel Lake Park

Chapel Lake & Patrol Road

5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Chapel Lake & Patrol Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in Chapel Lake Park near River Ridge, IN. The route reaches Chapel Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi469 – 581 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.36490, -85.66926
Nearest town River Ridge, IN
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Chapel Lake & Patrol Road

5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 468–579 ft

Out & Back · Chapel Lake Park

Trailhead: 38.36490, -85.66926

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:29 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 450 ftTurn right onto Patrol Road, heading SE.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftReach Chapel Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.8 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/chapel-lake-chapel-lake-out-back-3-lakes-6-km-93d4

Trail surface

27% paved5% gravel68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:29 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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