Fort Harrison State Park

Charlevoix Lake & Delaware Lake via Harrison Trace Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Charlevoix Lake & Delaware Lake via Harrison Trace Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Fort Harrison State Park near Avalon Hills, IN. The route passes Charlevoix Lake before reaching Delaware Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 29 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi738 – 787 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fall Creek Parkway Trail 39.86772, -86.04901
Nearest town Avalon Hills, IN

Directions

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Charlevoix Lake & Delaware Lake via Harrison Trace Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 738–787 ft

Out & Back · Fort Harrison State Park

Trailhead: Fall Creek Parkway Trail · 39.86772, -86.04901

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Transit-accessible: Shadeland and Fall Creek IB stop 271 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miPass Charlevoix Lake.
  3. 1.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Harrison Trace Trail, heading E.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miPass Delaware Lake.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftReach Charlevoix Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 1.5 miTurn right onto Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Shadeland and Fall Creek IB stop 271 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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