Crooked Creek Lake–Crooked Creek Connector, 6 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Belmont, IN. The route passes Crooked Creek Lake and Crooked Creek Lake. It climbs 1,020 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi571 – 922 ft10.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Horse Trail W 39.14771, -86.30775
Nearest town Belmont, IN
Directions
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Crooked Creek Lake–Crooked Creek Connector, 6 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Elevation 569–921 ft
Out & Back · Yellowwood State Forest
Trailhead: Horse Trail W · 39.14771, -86.30775
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horse Trail W, heading E.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Crooked Creek Lake.
- 0.4 miPass Crooked Creek Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop (closed), heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Connector, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Miller Ridge, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Crooked Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Miller Ridge, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto Crooked Creek Connector, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop (closed), heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crooked Creek South, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail W, heading NW.
- 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
60% dirt40% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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