AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

National Road Heritage Trail

8 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 2 hr 48 min

National Road Heritage Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Dunreith, IN. It climbs 250 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi892 – 1,037 ft8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: National Road Heritage Trail 39.80127, -85.44811
Nearest town Dunreith, IN
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National Road Heritage Trail

8 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 893–1,038 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: National Road Heritage Trail · 39.80127, -85.44811

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:28 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on National Road Heritage Trail, heading N.
  2. 4 miReach National Road Heritage Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 4 miArrive 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/national-road-heritage-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:28 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:11 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Dunreith, Indiana