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Wooded Area & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Wooded Area & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back near Lantern Crossing, IN. The route reaches Wooded Area at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi794 – 837 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.92802, -86.01220
Nearest town Lantern Crossing, IN
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Wooded Area & Cheeney Creek Trail via Nickel Plate Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Elevation 794–836 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.92802, -86.01220

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading W.
  16. 2.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftReach Wooded Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  27. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  30. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  31. 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/wooded-area-cheeney-creek-trail-out-back-13-km

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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