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Brown County State Park

Crooked Creek Lake–Crooked Creek Loop, 3 sights

13.7 mi · ▲ 1,366 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Crooked Creek Lake–Crooked Creek Loop, 3 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Brown County State Park near Belmont, IN. The route reaches Crooked Creek Lake. It climbs 1,366 ft. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 994 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crooked Creek South 39.12310, -86.29890
Nearest town Belmont, IN
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Crooked Creek Lake–Crooked Creek Loop, 3 sights

13.7 mi · ▲ 1,366 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Elevation 614–995 ft

Out & Back · Brown County State Park

Trailhead: Crooked Creek South · 39.12310, -86.29890

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Crooked Creek Lake.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading NE.
  5. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail D, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail C, heading NE.
  9. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail B, heading SE.
  10. 2.7 miBear right onto Horse Trail 13, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miReach Crooked Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Horse Trail B, heading SW.
  13. 2.7 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail C, heading W.
  14. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail D, heading SW.
  15. 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftTurn right onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading S.
  17. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 350 ftArrive 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-lake-crooked-creek-lake-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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