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Woodland Garden via Monon Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Woodland Garden via Monon Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Central Park near Home Place, IN. The route reaches Woodland Garden at the turnaround, 1.7 miles 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.

Elevation

0 mi830 – 869 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.95061, -86.16082
Nearest town Home Place, IN
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Woodland Garden via Monon Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 830–868 ft

Out & Back · Central Park

Trailhead: 39.95061, -86.16082

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:31 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Monon Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.3 miPass Woodland Garden.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Central Park Drive West, heading E.
  29. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  30. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  31. 150 ftReach Woodland Garden, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  33. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  35. 0.1 miBear left onto Monon Trail, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  38. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  41. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  44. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  45. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  46. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  47. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  48. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  49. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  50. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  51. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  52. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  53. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  54. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  55. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  56. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  57. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  58. 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/woodland-garden-out-back-6-km-7e76

Trail surface

90% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:31 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:14 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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