White Lick Creek Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
White Lick Creek Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Hummel Park near Plainfield, IN. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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White Lick Creek Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 698–728 ft
Out & Back · Hummel Park
Trailhead: 39.68525, -86.39551
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 at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Lick Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach White Lick Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 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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- Blue Heron Lake 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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