Charlevoix Lake & Johnson Road Trail via Fall Creek Parkway Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Charlevoix Lake & Johnson Road Trail via Fall Creek Parkway Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Skiles Test Nature Park near Avalon Hills, IN. The route reaches Charlevoix Lake. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Charlevoix Lake & Johnson Road Trail via Fall Creek Parkway Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 738–831 ft
Out & Back · Skiles Test Nature Park
Trailhead: Fall Creek Parkway Trail · 39.86636, -86.04567
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Shadeland and Fall Creek IB stop 83 m from the trailhead
- Start on Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Charlevoix Lake.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Skiles Test Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach Charlevoix Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Shadeland and Fall Creek IB stop 83 m from the trailhead
More from Fall Creek Parkway Trail Trailhead
- Delaware Lake & Duck Pond via Harrison Trace Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Fall Creek Parkway Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lawrence Creek Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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