Delaware Lake & Duck Pond via Harrison Trace Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Delaware Lake & Duck Pond via Harrison Trace Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Fort Harrison State Park near Avalon Hills, IN. The route passes Delaware Lake before reaching Duck Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 58 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Delaware Lake & Duck Pond via Harrison Trace Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 741–837 ft
Out & Back · Fort Harrison State Park
Trailhead: Fall Creek Parkway Trail · 39.86636, -86.04567
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Transit-accessible: Shadeland and Fall Creek IB stop 83 m from the trailhead
- Start on Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Harrison Trace Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Delaware Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Camp Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Duck Pond.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 500 ftReach Delaware Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Harrison Trace Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: Shadeland and Fall Creek IB stop 83 m from the trailhead
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