Sugar Grove Trail via Vandalia Rail Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Sugar Grove Trail via Vandalia Rail Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Plainfield, IN. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugar Grove Trail via Vandalia Rail Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 714–789 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Vandalia Rail-Trail · 39.70704, -86.40514
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Vandalia Rail-Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Vandalia Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Grove Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Sugar Grove Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Vandalia Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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