Skating Pond & Orange Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Skating Pond & Orange Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Eagle Creek Park near Lakeside, IN. The route reaches Skating Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Skating Pond & Orange Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Elevation 839–858 ft
Out & Back · Eagle Creek Park
Trailhead: Red Trail · 39.86394, -86.29252
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Skating Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Skating Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Red Trail Trailhead
- Lilly Reflecting Pond & Red Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Eagle Creek Reservoir–Eagle Creek Park Beach, 3 beaches 3 mi · ▲ 56 ft
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