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Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Cherry Lake–Mason Ridge Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 541 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Cherry Lake–Mason Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Morgan-Monroe State Forest near Fleener, IN. The route reaches Cherry Lake. It climbs 541 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi640 – 938 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail 39.29534, -86.40027
Nearest town Fleener, IN
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Cherry Lake–Mason Ridge Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 541 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 640–937 ft

Out & Back · Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Trailhead: Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail · 39.29534, -86.40027

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Rock Shelter Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1 miBear right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miPass Cherry Lake.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Circuit, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tree Identification Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tecumseh/Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail, heading N.
  9. 350 ftReach Cherry Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 350 ftTurn right onto Tree Identification Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Circuit, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Three Lakes Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mason Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Shelter Trail, heading S.
  16. 1.4 miBear right onto Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 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/cherry-lake-cherry-lake-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

36% dirt3% gravel2% paved59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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