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Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back near Conner Creek, IN. The route reaches Lantern Ridge Pond. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi751 – 824 ft10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fishers Station Drive 39.95871, -86.03945
Nearest town Conner Creek, IN
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Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Elevation 752–824 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Fishers Station Drive · 39.95871, -86.03945

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miPass Lantern Ridge Pond.
  11. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading S.
  15. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miReach Lantern Ridge Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading S.
  18. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 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/lantern-ridge-pond-cheeney-creek-trail-out-back-17-km

Trail surface

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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