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Yellowwood State Forest

Horse Trail YZ–Jackson Creek Trail, 5 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft · 4 hr 21 min

Horse Trail YZ–Jackson Creek Trail, 5 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Yellowwood State Forest near Belmont, IN. It climbs 1,024 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi594 – 892 ft · steepest grade: 17%11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail 39.15925, -86.34443
Nearest town Belmont, IN
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Horse Trail YZ–Jackson Creek Trail, 5 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft · 4 hr 21 min

Elevation 595–892 ft

Out & Back · Yellowwood State Forest

Trailhead: Tecumseh Trail · 39.15925, -86.34443

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

  1. Start on Tecumseh Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Scarce O Fat Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail Z, heading NW.
  4. 0.7 miBear right onto Tulip Tree Trace, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right onto Jackson Creek Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Yellowwood Lake Trail/Tecumseh Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tecumseh Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Trail Y, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail YZ, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftBear right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading N.
  12. 150 ftBear left onto Horse Trail YZ, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miReach Tecumseh Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftBear left onto Horse Trail YZ, heading SE.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail Y, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Tecumseh Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Yellowwood Lake Trail/Tecumseh Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Jackson Creek Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tulip Tree Trace, heading W.
  22. 0.6 miBear left onto Horse Trail Z, heading W.
  23. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Scarce O Fat Trail, heading S.
  24. 1 miContinue straight onto Tecumseh Trail, heading S.
  25. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/horse-trail-yz-jackson-creek-trail-out-back-6-sights-19-km

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

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