Crooked Creek Lake & Crooked Creek Loop is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Belmont, IN. The route reaches Crooked Creek Lake. It climbs 290 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi656 – 961 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crooked Creek South 39.12310, -86.29890
Nearest town Belmont, IN
Directions
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Crooked Creek Lake & Crooked Creek Loop
3.8 mi · ▲ 290 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 657–961 ft
Out & Back · Yellowwood State Forest
Trailhead: Crooked Creek South · 39.12310, -86.29890
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 89°F / low 70° · precip 13% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Crooked Creek Lake.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail D, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftReach Crooked Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
61% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 89°F70°
Feels like82°Precip13%Wind6 mphUV6Humidity66%
Hourly temperature
90°70°
Sunrise 7:32 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:47 PM
Mon
75°63°
42%
Tue
72°59°
Wed
68°58°
Thu
76°53°
Fri
73°53°
Sat
72°49°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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