Pauline Crump Nature Preserve via Columbus People Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Pauline Crump Nature Preserve via Columbus People Trail is a 4.6-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 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pauline Crump Nature Preserve via Columbus People Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 616–641 ft
Out & Back · Pauline Crump Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 39.20930, -85.89924
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:30 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Columbus People Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miPass Pauline Crump Nature Preserve.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Pauline Crump Nature Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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