AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Old roadbed

5 mi · ▲ 493 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Old roadbed is a 5-mile out-and-back near Elkinsville, IN. It climbs 493 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi604 – 840 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.05065, -86.24678
Nearest town Elkinsville, IN
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Old roadbed

5 mi · ▲ 493 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 603–838 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.05065, -86.24678

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Nebo Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Old roadbed, heading N.
  6. 50 ftReach Old roadbed, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left onto Nebo Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-roadbed-out-back-8-km-2ed1

Trail surface

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:47 PM

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