AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mountain Tea State Forest

Pumpkin Ridge Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 771 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Pumpkin Ridge Road is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Mountain Tea State Forest near Gatesville, IN. It climbs 771 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi673 – 1,004 ft · steepest grade: 32%8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24447, -86.14360
Nearest town Gatesville, IN
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Pumpkin Ridge Road

8.3 mi · ▲ 771 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 674–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Mountain Tea State Forest

Trailhead: 39.24447, -86.14360

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 1.5 miTurn right onto Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading W.
  4. 2.1 miTurn right onto Red Trail 5, heading SW.
  5. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 500 ftTurn left onto Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading NW.
  7. 2.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 1.5 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.5 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/pumpkin-ridge-road-out-back-13-km-8a84

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:47 PM

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