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Yellowwood State Forest

Crooked Creek Loop–Horse Trail 16, 6 sights

11 mi · ▲ 1,022 ft · 4 hr 11 min

Crooked Creek Loop–Horse Trail 16, 6 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Belmont, IN. It climbs 1,022 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi561 – 974 ft · steepest grade: 16%11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail 39.10913, -86.31183
Nearest town Belmont, IN
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Crooked Creek Loop–Horse Trail 16, 6 sights

11 mi · ▲ 1,022 ft · 4 hr 11 min

Elevation 562–974 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 on Tecumseh Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Miller Ridge, heading E.
  3. 1.3 miTurn left onto Horse Trail D, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftSharp right onto Crooked Creek Loop, heading E.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail D, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Horse Trail C, heading NE.
  9. 2.4 miBear right onto Horse Trail D, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Horse Trail 16, heading S.
  11. 1.5 miSharp left onto Horse Trail D, heading NW.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading S.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/crooked-creek-loop-out-back

Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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