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Wicker Memorial Park

Splash Pad & Monon Trail via Little Calumet River Levee Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Splash Pad & Monon Trail via Little Calumet River Levee Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Wicker Memorial Park near Munster, IN. The route reaches Splash Pad at the turnaround, 5.4 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 – 620 ft11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55325, -87.50888
Nearest town Munster, IN
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Splash Pad & Monon Trail via Little Calumet River Levee Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Elevation 587–619 ft

Out & Back · Wicker Memorial Park

Trailhead: 41.55325, -87.50888

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftBear right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Monon Trail, heading NW.
  5. 1.5 miSharp right onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading N.
  6. 2.7 miTurn right onto Erie Lackawanna Connector, heading NE.
  7. 500 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miPass Splash Pad.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Drive, heading S.
  12. 150 ftReach Splash Pad, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.7 miBear left onto Erie Lackawanna Connector, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading N.
  17. 2.7 miSharp left onto Monon Trail, heading W.
  18. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Pennsy Greenway, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 50 ftArrive 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-splash-pad-out-back-3-lakes-17-km

Trail surface

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~118 min). Leave by 4:32 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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