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Mountain Tea State Forest

Pumpkin Ridge Road & Red Trail 4

4.9 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Pumpkin Ridge Road & Red Trail 4 is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Mountain Tea State Forest near Taggart, IN. It climbs 346 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi764 – 997 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pumpkin Ridge Road 39.23677, -86.11833
Nearest town Taggart, IN
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Pumpkin Ridge Road & Red Trail 4

4.9 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 765–996 ft

Out & Back · Mountain Tea State Forest

Trailhead: Pumpkin Ridge Road · 39.23677, -86.11833

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading W.
  2. 1.8 miSharp right onto Red Trail 4, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red Trail 3, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miReach Pumpkin Ridge Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Trail 4, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miSharp left onto Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading SE.
  7. 1.7 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/pumpkin-ridge-road-red-trail-4-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Taggart, Indiana