Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Heritage Meadows, IN. The route reaches Lantern Ridge Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 794–836 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.94198, -86.01600
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Lantern Ridge Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Nickel Plate Trail 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Sahm Park Beach–Nickel Plate Trail, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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