Mill Race Lake via Columbus People Trail
8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Mill Race Lake via Columbus People Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Mill Race Park near Everroad Park, IN. The route passes Mill Race Lake before reaching Mill Race Lake at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mill Race Lake via Columbus People Trail
8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 607–638 ft
Out & Back · Mill Race Park
Trailhead: 39.22322, -85.89177
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Columbus People Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miPass Mill Race Lake.
- 0.5 miPass Mill Race Lake.
- 0.3 miReach Mill Race Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Columbus People Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Columbus People Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Columbus People Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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