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Waste Treatment Pond–Outpost Blue Trail, 7 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 579 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Waste Treatment Pond–Outpost Blue Trail, 7 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back near Clarksdale, IN. The route passes Waste Treatment Pond before reaching Waste Treatment Pond at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 579 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi702 – 909 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Outpost Blue Trail 39.20890, -86.13897
Nearest town Clarksdale, IN
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Waste Treatment Pond–Outpost Blue Trail, 7 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 579 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Elevation 703–908 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Outpost Blue Trail · 39.20890, -86.13897

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Outpost Blue Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Waste Treatment Pond.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight 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 SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail 1, heading SW.
  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 SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail 3, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail 4, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pumpkin Ridge Road, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail 5, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miArrive 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/waste-treatment-pond-waste-treatment-pond-out-back-8-sights-9-km

Trail surface

81% dirt1% gravel18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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