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Eagle Creek Park

Eagle Creek Greenway via Eagle Creek Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Eagle Creek Greenway via Eagle Creek Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Eagle Creek Park near Snacks, IN. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi810 – 850 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Eagle Creek Trail 39.85317, -86.26378
Nearest town Snacks, IN
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Eagle Creek Greenway via Eagle Creek Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 812–850 ft

Out & Back · Eagle Creek Park

Trailhead: Eagle Creek Trail · 39.85317, -86.26378

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Eagle Creek Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.4 miTurn left onto Eagle Creek Greenway, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miReach Eagle Creek Greenway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Eagle Creek Trail, heading N.
  10. 1.3 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/eagle-creek-greenway-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

92% paved8% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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