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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Three Lakes Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Cutoff, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mason Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Mason Ridge/Tecumseh Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Low Gap Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miReach Mason Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mason Ridge/Tecumseh Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Mason Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Three Lakes Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Three Lakes Trail-Cherry Lake Cutoff, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Three Lakes Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Draper Cabin Road–Mason Ridge Trail, 3 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Three Lakes Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 385 ft
- Low Gap Trail & Tecumseh/Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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