Nickel Plate Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Nickel Plate Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back near Sandstone Lakes, 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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Nickel Plate Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 796–849 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.96870, -85.94244
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading W.
- 2.9 miReach Nickel Plate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Nickel Plate Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Wooded Area via Nickel Plate Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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