National Road Heritage Trail

Maple Avenue Lake–Speed Beach, 3 beaches

4 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Maple Avenue Lake–Speed Beach, 3 beaches is a 4-mile out-and-back in National Road Heritage Trail near East Glenn, IN. The route passes Maple Avenue Lake and Speed Beach. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi522 – 561 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.49166, -87.31741
Nearest town East Glenn, IN

Directions

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Maple Avenue Lake–Speed Beach, 3 beaches

4 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 521–561 ft

Out & Back · National Road Heritage Trail

Trailhead: 39.49166, -87.31741

Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 85°F / low 71° · precip 19% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 7:36 AM · sunset 7:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miPass Maple Avenue Lake.
  6. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto J.I. Case Loop, heading S.
  10. 50 ftPass Speed Beach.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 150 ftTurn left onto National Road Heritage Trail, heading S.
  14. 1.5 miReach Maple Avenue Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto J.I. Case Loop, heading W.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  24. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

21% paved1% gravel78% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 85°F71°
Precip19%Wind10 mphUV6Humidity86%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°70° 12 AM: 3% rain1 AM: 5% rain2 AM: 4% rain3 AM: 2% rain4 AM: 1% rain5 AM: 1% rain6 AM: 1% rain7 AM: 1% rain8 AM: 1% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 1% rain2 PM: 2% rain3 PM: 2% rain4 PM: 3% rain5 PM: 8% rain6 PM: 14% rain7 PM: 11% rain8 PM: 12% rain9 PM: 19% rain10 PM: 19% rain11 PM: 18% rain
Sunrise 7:36 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:51 PM
Mon 73°64° 60%
Tue 70°60°
Wed 67°54°
Thu 70°54°
Fri 74°56°
Sat 70°51°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM — 2 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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