Old Mail Route via Knobstone Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 531 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Old Mail Route via Knobstone Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Pumpkin Center, IN. It climbs 531 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Mail Route via Knobstone Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 531 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 610–919 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Knobstone Trail · 38.70684, -85.99943
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
- Start on Knobstone Trail, heading NW.
- 2.2 miSharp left onto Old Mail Route, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Old Mail Route, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Knobstone Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:26 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:13 PM.
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