Crooked Creek Lake–Brown County "D", 8 sights is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Elkinsville, IN. The route reaches Crooked Creek Lake. It climbs 759 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi574 – 938 ft10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Brown County "D" 39.08581, -86.27152
Nearest town Elkinsville, IN
Directions
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Crooked Creek Lake–Brown County "D", 8 sights
10.2 mi · ▲ 759 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 575–939 ft
Out & Back · Yellowwood State Forest
Trailhead: Brown County "D" · 39.08581, -86.27152
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Brown County "D", heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Miller Ridge, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Crooked Creek Connector, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop (closed), heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crooked Creek South, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Crooked Creek Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Horse Trail D, heading SE.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Brown County "D", heading S.
- 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 surface
79% dirt21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Brown County "D" Trailhead
- Blue Creek Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- Lake Monroe & Blue Creek Road 10.6 mi · ▲ 359 ft
- Brown County "D" 4.1 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- (Not maintained) via Brown County "D" 3.6 mi · ▲ 294 ft
- (Not maintained)–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights 13 mi · ▲ 973 ft
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