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Yellowwood State Forest

Crooked Creek Connector–Horse Trail D, 4 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 747 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Crooked Creek Connector–Horse Trail D, 4 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Belmont, IN. It climbs 747 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi581 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail 39.10913, -86.31183
Nearest town Belmont, IN
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Crooked Creek Connector–Horse Trail D, 4 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 747 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 581–937 ft

Out & Back · Yellowwood State Forest

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail · 39.10913, -86.31183

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Miller Ridge, heading E.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Crooked Creek Connector, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop (closed), heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Horse Trail D, heading S.
  8. 1.7 miTurn right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading S.
  9. 1.4 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.5 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/crooked-creek-connector-horse-trail-d-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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