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Wicker Memorial Park

Splash Pad & Erie Lackawanna Connector via Little Calumet River Levee Trail

8.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Splash Pad & Erie Lackawanna Connector via Little Calumet River Levee Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Wicker Memorial Park near Munster, IN. The route reaches Splash Pad at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 617 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Monon Trail 41.56411, -87.51865
Nearest town Munster, IN
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Splash Pad & Erie Lackawanna Connector via Little Calumet River Levee Trail

8.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Elevation 587–618 ft

Out & Back · Wicker Memorial Park

Trailhead: Monon Trail · 41.56411, -87.51865

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Transit-accessible: Munster Ridge Road stop 46 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Monon Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miSharp right onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.7 miTurn right onto Erie Lackawanna Connector, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miPass Splash Pad.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miReach Splash Pad, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading NW.
  14. 2.7 miSharp left onto Monon Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.3 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/splash-pad-erie-lackawanna-connector-out-back-13-km

Trail surface

83% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Munster Ridge Road stop 46 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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