Wooded Area–Cheeney Creek Trail, 3 sights
11.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Wooded Area–Cheeney Creek Trail, 3 sights is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Valley Farms Estates, IN. The route reaches Wooded Area. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Wooded Area–Cheeney Creek Trail, 3 sights
11.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 783–828 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.94328, -85.99459
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Nickel Plate Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miPass Wooded Area.
- 1.8 miReach Wooded Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4 miContinue straight onto Cheeney Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~92 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Sahm Park Beach–Nickel Plate Trail, 3 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Nickel Plate Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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