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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

  1. Start on Orcutt Road, heading SW.
  2. 1 miTurn right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 1 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Rock Shelter Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miBear right onto Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.2 miSharp left onto Mason Ridge/Tecumseh Trail, heading N.
  11. 250 ftReach Orcutt Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 250 ftSharp right onto Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading N.
  13. 1.2 miBear left onto Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail, heading S.
  14. 100 ftBear left onto Rock Shelter Trail, heading S.
  15. 1.4 miBear right onto Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading E.
  16. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  17. 2 miTurn right onto Tecumseh Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto Orcutt Road, heading E.
  19. 0.9 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

68% dirt1% gravel31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:48 PM