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Fort Harrison State Park

Lake Kesslerwood & Charlevoix Lake via Fall Creek Parkway Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Lake Kesslerwood & Charlevoix Lake via Fall Creek Parkway Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Fort Harrison State Park near Millersville, IN. The route passes Lake Kesslerwood, Lake Kesslerwood and Charlevoix Lake. 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.

Elevation

0 mi732 – 771 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.85438, -86.08399
Nearest town Millersville, IN
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Lake Kesslerwood & Charlevoix Lake via Fall Creek Parkway Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 731–773 ft

Out & Back · Fort Harrison State Park

Trailhead: 39.85438, -86.08399

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miPass Lake Kesslerwood.
  5. 0.5 miPass Lake Kesslerwood.
  6. 1.5 miPass Charlevoix Lake.
  7. 1.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Walnut Trailhead, heading E.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Lawrence Creek Connector, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Lawrence Creek Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miReach Lake Kesslerwood, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miBear left onto Lawrence Creek Connector, heading N.
  13. 50 ftSharp left onto Walnut Trailhead, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 150 ftSharp left onto Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading NW.
  16. 3.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftArrive 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/lake-kesslerwood-lake-kesslerwood-out-back-3-lakes-12-km

Trail surface

90% paved10% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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