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Yellowwood State Forest

Horse Trail W & Miller Ridge

9.7 mi · ▲ 671 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Horse Trail W & Miller Ridge is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Belmont, IN. It climbs 671 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi581 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 15%9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail 39.10913, -86.31183
Nearest town Belmont, IN
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Horse Trail W & Miller Ridge

9.7 mi · ▲ 671 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Elevation 581–939 ft

Out & Back · Yellowwood State Forest

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 left onto Horse Trail D, heading N.
  5. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail W, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftReach Miller Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Horse Trail D, heading S.
  11. 1.1 miTurn right onto Miller Ridge, heading W.
  12. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 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/horse-trail-w-out-back

Trail surface

40% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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