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Brown County State Park

Hillside Drive–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights

15.9 mi · ▲ 1,318 ft · 5 hr 58 min

Hillside Drive–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Brown County State Park near Belmont, IN. It climbs 1,318 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi561 – 935 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail 39.10913, -86.31183
Nearest town Belmont, IN
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Hillside Drive–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights

15.9 mi · ▲ 1,318 ft · 5 hr 58 min

Elevation 562–936 ft

Out & Back · Brown County State Park

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail · 39.10913, -86.31183

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Miller Ridge, heading E.
  4. 1.3 miTurn right onto Horse Trail D, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Horse Trail 16, heading SE.
  6. 1.5 miTurn left onto Horse Trail D, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail B, heading NE.
  8. 1.6 miTurn right onto Hillside Drive, heading SE.
  9. 2.5 miReach Miller Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 2.5 miTurn left onto Horse Trail B, heading W.
  11. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail D, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Horse Trail 16, heading W.
  13. 1.5 miTurn right onto Horse Trail D, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Miller Ridge, heading W.
  15. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.5 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/hillside-drive-out-back

Trail surface

12% dirt88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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