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Lake Monroe–Axsom Branch Trail, 3 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back near Yellowstone, IN. The route reaches Lake Monroe. It climbs 516 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 902 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Martin Hollow Trail 39.03484, -86.32112
Nearest town Yellowstone, IN

Directions

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Lake Monroe–Axsom Branch Trail, 3 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 545–901 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Martin Hollow Trail · 39.03484, -86.32112

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Terrill Ridge Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Axsom Branch Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miPass Lake Monroe.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 1.5 miTurn left onto Grubb Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Cope Hollow Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Martin Hollow Trail, heading S.
  10. 2.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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