Nickel Plate Trail
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Nickel Plate Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Heritage Meadows, 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
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 801–823 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Clay Prairie Parkway · 39.94500, -86.01870
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Nickel Plate Railroad, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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