Honeycomb Rock–Turkey Backbone, 5 sights
4.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Honeycomb Rock–Turkey Backbone, 5 sights is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Shades State Park near Deer Mill, IN. The route passes Shades Pond and Honeycomb Rock before reaching Turkey Backbone at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Honeycomb Rock–Turkey Backbone, 5 sights
4.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 656–781 ft
Out & Back · Shades State Park
Trailhead: 39.93702, -87.07477
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:35 AM · sunset 7:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Trail 1, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Shades Pond.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Trail 2, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Trail 10, heading S.
- 1.7 miPass Turkey Backbone.
- 150 ftReach Honeycomb Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Trail 2, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Trail 1, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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