Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail–Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, 6 sights is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Morgan-Monroe State Forest near Bear Wallow, IN. It climbs 1,270 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi637 – 958 ft14.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orcutt Road 39.32274, -86.36957
Nearest town Bear Wallow, IN
Directions
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Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail–Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, 6 sights
13.9 mi · ▲ 1,270 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Elevation 637–958 ft
Out & Back · Morgan-Monroe State Forest
Trailhead: Orcutt Road · 39.32274, -86.36957
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
- Start on Orcutt Road, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Rock Shelter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Mason Ridge/Tecumseh Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Orcutt Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Rock Shelter Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading E.
- 1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Orcutt Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
68% dirt1% gravel31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:48 PM
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