Island Park–Oxbow Park Lagoon, 5 sights
9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Island Park–Oxbow Park Lagoon, 5 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Homestead Park near Highland, IN. The route passes Island Park, Oxbow Park Lagoon and Optimist Park Lagoon. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Island Park–Oxbow Park Lagoon, 5 sights
9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Elevation 590–631 ft
Out & Back · Homestead Park
Trailhead: 41.56778, -87.44768
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftPass Island Park.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Oxbow Park Lagoon.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 200 ftPass Optimist Park Lagoon.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Erie Lackawanna Trail, heading SE.
- 2.4 miReach Island Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 5:40 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Island Park–Oxbow Park Lagoon, 3 groves 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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