Fall Creek Parkway Trail & Nickel Plate Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Fall Creek Parkway Trail & Nickel Plate Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Broad Ripple, IN. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fall Creek Parkway Trail & Nickel Plate Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 709–749 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Nickel Plate Trail · 39.84037, -86.12209
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: stop 19 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nickel Plate Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Monon Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Fall Creek Parkway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Nickel Plate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Monon Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: stop 19 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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