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Low Gap Trail & Mason Ridge Trail via Three Lakes Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Morgan-Monroe State Forest near Fleener, IN. It climbs 599 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 948 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.32827, -86.42509
Nearest town Fleener, IN

Directions

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Low Gap Trail & Mason Ridge Trail via Three Lakes Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 599 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 700–949 ft

Out & Back · Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Trailhead: 39.32827, -86.42509

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Three Lakes Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Cutoff, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto Mason Ridge Trail, heading E.
  8. 1.2 miTurn right onto Mason Ridge/Tecumseh Trail, heading NE.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Low Gap Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miReach Mason Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mason Ridge/Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Mason Ridge Trail, heading W.
  13. 1.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Cutoff, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Three Lakes Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

63% dirt1% gravel36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:33 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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