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Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge

Jefferson Proving Ground East Road & Jefferson Proving Ground Jinestown Road

9.1 mi · ▲ 199 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Jefferson Proving Ground East Road & Jefferson Proving Ground Jinestown Road is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge near Saint Magdalen, IN. It is mostly level, with 199 ft of elevation gain. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi791 – 883 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.91308, -85.42557
Nearest town Saint Magdalen, IN
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Jefferson Proving Ground East Road & Jefferson Proving Ground Jinestown Road

9.1 mi · ▲ 199 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Elevation 791–882 ft

Out & Back · Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: 38.91308, -85.42557

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

  1. Start on Jefferson Proving Ground Center Recovery Road, heading E.
  2. 1.5 miTurn right onto Jefferson Proving Ground East Road, heading W.
  3. 2 miTurn right onto Jefferson Proving Ground Jinestown Road, heading N.
  4. 1 miReach Jefferson Proving Ground East Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miTurn left onto Jefferson Proving Ground East Road, heading E.
  6. 2 miTurn left onto Jefferson Proving Ground Center Recovery Road, heading N.
  7. 1.5 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-east-road-jefferson-proving-ground-east-road-out-back-3-sights-15-km

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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