Indiana trails · Brown County State Park Mountain Bike Trails
Brown County State Park Mountain Bike Trails
A 24.5-mile point-to-point in Indiana, with 408 ft of climbing. Reaches Weed Patch Hill. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 2,224 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Weed Patch Hill (summit)
Getting there
Brown County State Park Mountain Bike Trails access — parking nearby. 39.18919, -86.21989 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:44 a.m., the sun rises at 7:12 a.m. and sets at 8:17 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:44 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 24.5-mile route takes roughly 9 h 17 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:29 p.m. — 3 h 48 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Brown County State Park Mountain Bike Trails + Mountain Bike Trails + West Gate — 14.8 mi loop, 3,012 ft gain
- West Gate + Brown County State Park Mountain Bike Trails + Gnaw Bone — 5.1 mi loop, 603 ft gain
- West Gate + Brown County State Park Mountain Bike Trails + Hobbs Hollow — 8.3 mi loop, 1,083 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Laura Hare Nature Preserve — 4.1 mi
- Nebo Ridge Trail 1 — 7.7 mi
- Yellowwood Trail — 7.8 mi
- Tecumseh Trail — 12.3 mi