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Mountain Tea State Forest

Waste Treatment Pond–Red Trail 1, 6 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,186 ft · 4 hr 14 min

Waste Treatment Pond–Red Trail 1, 6 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Mountain Tea State Forest near Gatesville, IN. The route reaches Waste Treatment Pond at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 1,186 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi673 – 1,004 ft · steepest grade: 20%11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24447, -86.14360
Nearest town Gatesville, IN
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Waste Treatment Pond–Red Trail 1, 6 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,186 ft · 4 hr 14 min

Elevation 674–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Mountain Tea State Forest

Trailhead: 39.24447, -86.14360

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 1.5 miTurn right onto Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading W.
  4. 1.7 miSharp right onto Red Trail 4, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Red Trail 3, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail 2, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail 1, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miReach Waste Treatment Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail 1, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Red Trail 2, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail 3, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail 4, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miSharp left onto Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading E.
  18. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/waste-treatment-pond-waste-treatment-pond-out-back-8-sights-12-km

Trail surface

34% dirt66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:47 PM

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