Nickel Plate Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Nickel Plate Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Lantern Crossing, 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
4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 801–836 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.92757, -86.01618
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 E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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 2.0 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 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 5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lantern Ridge Pond & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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