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Eagle Creek Park

Skating Pond–Orange Trail, 3 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Skating Pond–Orange Trail, 3 sights is a 3.4-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.

Elevation

0 mi833 – 860 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Trail 39.85573, -86.29336
Nearest town Lakeside, IN
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Skating Pond–Orange Trail, 3 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 833–859 ft

Out & Back · Eagle Creek Park

Trailhead: Red Trail · 39.85573, -86.29336

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.7 miPass Skating Pond.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.8 miReach Skating Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.6 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/skating-pond-orange-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

37% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:33 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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