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Eagle Creek Park

Eagle Creek Reservoir–Lilly Lake, 6 sights

9.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Eagle Creek Reservoir–Lilly Lake, 6 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Eagle Creek Park near Lakeside, IN. The route passes Eagle Creek Reservoir and Eagle Creek Park Beach before reaching Lilly Lake at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi804 – 869 ft9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Trail 39.86455, -86.30123
Nearest town Lakeside, IN
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Eagle Creek Reservoir–Lilly Lake, 6 sights

9.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 805–868 ft

Out & Back · Eagle Creek Park

Trailhead: Red Trail · 39.86455, -86.30123

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Eagle Creek Reservoir.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miPass Eagle Creek Park Beach.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading S.
  6. 500 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 2.8 miTurn left onto Westview Hospital Fitness Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miPass Lilly Lake.
  11. 50 ftReach Eagle Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Westview Hospital Fitness Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 2.8 miBear right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/eagle-creek-reservoir-lilly-lake-out-back-7-sights-15-km

Trail surface

1% paved99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:33 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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