Lake Monroe & Blue Creek Road
10.6 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 3 hr 43 min
Lake Monroe & Blue Creek Road is a 10.6-mile out-and-back near Elkinsville, IN. The route reaches Lake Monroe at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 359 ft. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi538 – 709 ft10.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blue Creek Road 39.08473, -86.27056
Nearest town Elkinsville, IN
Directions
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Lake Monroe & Blue Creek Road
10.6 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 3 hr 43 min
Elevation 538–710 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Blue Creek Road · 39.08473, -86.27056
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Creek Road, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 3.5 miReach Lake Monroe, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 5.3 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
34% dirt66% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Creek Road Trailhead
- Blue Creek Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- Brown County "D" 4.1 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- (Not maintained) via Brown County "D" 3.6 mi · ▲ 294 ft
- Crooked Creek Lake–Brown County "D", 8 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 759 ft
- (Not maintained)–Horse Trail 16, 5 sights 13 mi · ▲ 973 ft
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