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Rock Shelter Trail via Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Morgan-Monroe State Forest near Fleener, IN. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 922 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail 39.31646, -86.42122
Nearest town Fleener, IN

Directions

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Rock Shelter Trail via Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 51 min

Elevation 876–923 ft

Out & Back · Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Trailhead: Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail · 39.31646, -86.42122

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:32 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear left onto Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail, heading S.
  3. 100 ftBear left onto Rock Shelter Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miReach Rock Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miBear right onto Morgan-Monroe Hike Bike Trail, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Mason Ridge/Low Gap/Tecumseh Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

46% dirt2% paved52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:32 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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