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Sportsmen Club Lake & Monon Trail via Little Calumet River Levee Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Sportsmen Club Lake & Monon Trail via Little Calumet River Levee Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Woodmar, IN. The route passes Sportsmen Club Lake before reaching Sportsmen Club Lake at the turnaround, 4.4 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 mi587 – 620 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56872, -87.47565
Nearest town Woodmar, IN
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Sportsmen Club Lake & Monon Trail via Little Calumet River Levee Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 587–619 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.56872, -87.47565

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

Transit-accessible: Walmart stop 552 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading W.
  3. 2.7 miSharp left onto Monon Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.4 miPass Sportsmen Club Lake.
  5. 350 ftTurn right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftReach Sportsmen Club Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Monon Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.5 miSharp right onto Little Calumet River Levee Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 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/sportsmen-club-lake-sportsmen-club-lake-out-back-3-lakes-14-km

Trail surface

91% paved9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Walmart stop 552 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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