Nickel Plate Trail via Monon Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Nickel Plate Trail via Monon Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Broad Ripple, 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.
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Nickel Plate Trail via Monon Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 735–749 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.84915, -86.14073
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: 54th Street stop 534 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Monon Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Nickel Plate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Monon Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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 1.9 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: 54th Street stop 534 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Monon Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Monon Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Monon Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Monon Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Monon Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Monon Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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