Crooked Creek Loop
Indiana
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5.2 mi
Distance
1,167 ft
Gain
2h 20m
Time
Conditions: Clear
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Crooked Creek Loop
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,167 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,387 ft
- Highest point
- 986 ft
- Lowest point
- 670 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- State Department of Natural Resources
About this trail
Crooked Creek Loop is a 5.24-mile loop in Indiana with 1,167 feet of elevation gain and 1,387 feet of elevation loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 986 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 889 ft
- High point
- 986 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,167 ft
- Total descent
- 1,387 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 19% grade around mile 2.3 from the start
- Length
- 5.2 mi
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Yellowwood State Forest · Public land
- Managed by
- State Department of Natural Resources
Source: USGS PAD-US 4.1
Nearby
- Crooked Creek ConnectorHiking0.1 mi
- Crooked Creek SouthHiking0.2 mi
- Miller RidgeHiking0.6 mi
- Tecumseh TrailHiking1.2 mi
- Woodpecker TrailHiking2.7 mi
- Blackwell CampgroundCamping8.7 mi
- Little Salt CreekCanoeing9.2 mi
- Hickory Ridge CampgroundCamping10 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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