AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Monon Trail

5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Monon Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Kingsborough, IN. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi810 – 889 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.97837, -86.16193
Nearest town Kingsborough, IN
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Monon Trail

5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 809–889 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.97837, -86.16193

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Monon Trail, heading E.
  19. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  34. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  37. 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/monon-trail-out-back-8-km-7ec6

Trail surface

75% paved25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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