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Phillips Lake via Cardinal Greenway

11.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 3 hr 52 min

Phillips Lake via Cardinal Greenway is an 11.5-mile out-and-back near Medford, IN. The route reaches Phillips Lake. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi942 – 1,020 ft11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12091, -85.32207
Nearest town Medford, IN
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Phillips Lake via Cardinal Greenway

11.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 3 hr 52 min

Elevation 942–1,020 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.12091, -85.32207

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:28 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cardinal Greenway, heading NW.
  3. 5.4 miPass Phillips Lake.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftReach Phillips Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 5.7 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/phillips-lake-phillips-lake-out-back-18-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:28 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:11 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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