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Mill Race Park

Columbus People Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Columbus People Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Mill Race Park near Harrison Lake, IN. It is mostly level, with 113 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi600 – 686 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.18674, -85.97855
Nearest town Harrison Lake, IN
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Columbus People Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 601–686 ft

Out & Back · Mill Race Park

Trailhead: 39.18674, -85.97855

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Columbus People Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 500 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 1.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.2 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/columbus-people-trail-out-back-14-km-7ba7

Trail surface

91% paved9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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