Fall Creek Parkway Trail via Monon Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Fall Creek Parkway Trail via Monon Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near City of Indianapolis (balance), IN. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fall Creek Parkway Trail via Monon Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 703–735 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Monon Trail · 39.79218, -86.14018
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Transit-accessible: 22nd and Bellefontaine stop 619 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Monon Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Alley 1050 East, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Monon Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Fall Creek Parkway Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Monon Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto North Alley 1050 East, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Monon Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 22nd and Bellefontaine stop 619 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Monon Trail Trailhead
- Monon Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Monon Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Monon Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Monon Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Fall Creek Parkway Trail via Monon Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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