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Fort Harrison State Park

Delaware Lake & Lawrence Creek Trail

6 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Delaware Lake & Lawrence Creek Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Fort Harrison State Park near Fairwood Hills, IN. The route reaches Delaware Lake. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi748 – 833 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lawrence Creek Connector 39.86627, -86.02393
Nearest town Fairwood Hills, IN
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Delaware Lake & Lawrence Creek Trail

6 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 748–833 ft

Out & Back · Fort Harrison State Park

Trailhead: Lawrence Creek Connector · 39.86627, -86.02393

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lawrence Creek Connector, heading SW.
  2. 300 ftBear right onto Lawrence Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.6 miTurn right onto Lawrence Creek Connector, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Harrison Trace Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftReach Delaware Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 150 ftTurn left onto Walnut Trailhead, heading W.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Lawrence Creek Connector, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Lawrence Creek Trail, heading W.
  16. 2 miSharp right onto Lawrence Creek Connector, heading E.
  17. 50 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/delaware-lake-delaware-lake-out-back-3-lakes-10-km

Trail surface

72% dirt28% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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