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Mill Race Park

Mill Race Lake via Columbus People Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Mill Race Lake via Columbus People Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mill Race Park near Garden City, IN. The route reaches Mill Race Lake at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi600 – 630 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20025, -85.96150
Nearest town Garden City, IN
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Mill Race Lake via Columbus People Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 601–629 ft

Out & Back · Mill Race Park

Trailhead: 39.20025, -85.96150

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:30 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Columbus People Trail, heading E.
  4. 2.3 miReach Mill Race Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 1.9 miBear right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mill-race-lake-out-back-7-km-3b5a

Trail surface

91% paved9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:30 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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