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Wicker Memorial Park

Splash Pad & Erie Lackawanna Connector via Erie Lackawanna Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Splash Pad & Erie Lackawanna Connector via Erie Lackawanna Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Wicker Memorial Park near Woodmar, IN. The route reaches Splash Pad at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 614 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Erie Lackawanna Trail 41.57387, -87.48180
Nearest town Woodmar, IN
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Splash Pad & Erie Lackawanna Connector via Erie Lackawanna Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 592–614 ft

Out & Back · Wicker Memorial Park

Trailhead: Erie Lackawanna Trail · 41.57387, -87.48180

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

Transit-accessible: Indy Blvd & 175th Street stop 417 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Erie Lackawanna Trail, heading W.
  2. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Erie Lackawanna Connector, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftReach Splash Pad, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miSharp right onto Erie Lackawanna Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  18. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/splash-pad-splash-pad-out-back-3-lakes-6-km

Trail surface

72% paved28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:18 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Indy Blvd & 175th Street stop 417 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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