AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail is a 4.9-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.

Elevation

0 mi705 – 791 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.69353, -86.39216
Nearest town Plainfield, IN
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Sugar Grove Trail & White Lick Creek Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 705–789 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.69353, -86.39216

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto White Lick Creek Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 1.4 miReach White Lick Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 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/sugar-grove-trail-white-lick-creek-trail-out-back-8-km-821f

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:33 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Plainfield, Indiana