Indiana trails · Cope Hollow Trail
Cope Hollow Trail
A 6.6-mile out-and-back in Indiana, with 262 ft of climbing. Reaches Geiger Ridge Pond. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 53% of the ascent falls between mile 4.4 and mile 6.6. It gives back about 397 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Geiger Ridge Pond (lake)
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Getting there
Cope Hollow Trail access. About 29 min drive (16 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Bloomington. 39.01504, -86.38507 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:26 a.m., the sun rises at 7:53 a.m. and sets at 7:08 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:35 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 15 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 13.1-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 07 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:01 p.m. — 6 h 08 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Cope Hollow Trail + Martin Hollow Trail + Terrill Ridge Trail — 6.9 mi loop, 1,443 ft gain
- Grubb Ridge Trail + Cope Hollow Trail — 10.1 mi loop, 1,796 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Grubb Ridge Trail — 2.6 mi
- Hickory Ridge 2 — 6.2 mi
- Nebo Ridge Trail 1 — 8.6 mi
- Horse Trail B (Brown County State Park) — 12.2 mi