Pauline Crump Nature Preserve via Columbus People Trail
7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Pauline Crump Nature Preserve via Columbus People Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Pauline Crump Nature Preserve near East Columbus, IN. The route reaches Pauline Crump Nature Preserve. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pauline Crump Nature Preserve via Columbus People Trail
7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 612–645 ft
Out & Back · Pauline Crump Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Columbus People Trail · 39.20624, -85.90421
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:30 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Columbus People Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miPass Pauline Crump Nature Preserve.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Pauline Crump Nature Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 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 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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