Nickel Plate Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Nickel Plate Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Berkley Ridge, 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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Directions
Nickel Plate Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 801–820 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.93706, -86.03300
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 S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:12 PM.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sahm Park Beach–Nickel Plate Trail, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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