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Prairie Creek Reservoir & Red-Tail Nature Preserve Trail via Original Mint

3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Prairie Creek Reservoir & Red-Tail Nature Preserve Trail via Original Mint is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Mount Pleasant, IN. The route reaches Prairie Creek Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,063 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 534 E Trailhead 40.09148, -85.28402
Nearest town Mount Pleasant, IN
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Prairie Creek Reservoir & Red-Tail Nature Preserve Trail via Original Mint

3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 994–1,063 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 534 E Trailhead · 40.09148, -85.28402

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:28 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cardinal Greenway, heading NW.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Red-Tail Nature Preserve Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftSharp left onto Multi-Use Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miPass Prairie Creek Reservoir.
  6. 450 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Original Mint, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Multi-Use Trail, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftBear right onto Original Mint, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftSharp left onto Multi-Use Trail, heading NE.
  11. 300 ftReach Prairie Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 250 ftSharp right onto Original Mint, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Multi-Use Trail, heading E.
  14. 350 ftBear left onto Original Mint, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftSharp left onto Multi-Use Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftSharp right onto Red-Tail Nature Preserve Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cardinal Greenway, heading W.
  20. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/prairie-creek-reservoir-red-tail-nature-preserve-trail-out-back

Trail surface

60% paved31% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:28 AMSunset 7:43 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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