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Brown County State Park

Hillside Drive via Horse Trail B

13.5 mi · ▲ 1,006 ft · 5 hr

Hillside Drive via Horse Trail B is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Brown County State Park near Belmont, IN. It climbs 1,006 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 994 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.13630, -86.30036
Nearest town Belmont, IN
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Hillside Drive via Horse Trail B

13.5 mi · ▲ 1,006 ft · 5 hr

Elevation 591–995 ft

Out & Back · Brown County State Park

Trailhead: 39.13630, -86.30036

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail D, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail C, heading NE.
  4. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail B, heading SE.
  5. 1.2 miTurn right onto Hillside Drive, heading SE.
  6. 2.5 miReach Hillside Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2.5 miTurn left onto Horse Trail B, heading W.
  8. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail C, heading NW.
  9. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail D, heading SW.
  10. 1.7 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-5e37

Trail surface

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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