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Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge

Jefferson Proving Ground Center Recovery Road & Jefferson Proving Ground East Road

3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Jefferson Proving Ground Center Recovery Road & Jefferson Proving Ground East Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge near Bryantsburg, IN. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi807 – 876 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jefferson Proving Ground East Road 38.89850, -85.42607
Nearest town Bryantsburg, IN
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Jefferson Proving Ground Center Recovery Road & Jefferson Proving Ground East Road

3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 806–877 ft

Out & Back · Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: Jefferson Proving Ground East Road · 38.89850, -85.42607

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:29 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Jefferson Proving Ground Center Recovery Road, heading S.
  3. 1 miReach Jefferson Proving Ground East Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Jefferson Proving Ground East Road, heading W.
  5. 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/jefferson-proving-ground-center-recovery-road-jefferson-proving-ground-east-road-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 7:29 AMSunset 7:42 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:22 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:42 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:09 PM.

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