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Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail

5.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Plainfield, IN. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi715 – 791 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.69298, -86.39966
Nearest town Plainfield, IN
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Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail

5.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 714–789 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.69298, -86.39966

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:33 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto White Lick Creek Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 1.3 miReach White Lick Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Sugar Grove Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto Vandalia Rail Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.7 miContinue straight onto White Lick Creek Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  23. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sugar-grove-trail-white-lick-creek-trail-out-back-7-km-2b7f

Trail surface

94% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:33 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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