Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back near Valley Farms Estates, IN. The route reaches Lantern Ridge Pond at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. 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.
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Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 783–828 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.94328, -85.99459
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miPass Lantern Ridge Pond.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Lantern Ridge Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wooded Area–Cheeney Creek Trail, 3 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Sahm Park Beach–Nickel Plate Trail, 3 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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