Indiana trails · Pigeon River Trail Extension (from LaGrange)
Pigeon River Trail Extension (from LaGrange)
A 14.6-mile out-and-back in Indiana, with 60 ft of climbing. Reaches Bower Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 14.6 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Bower Lake (lake)
- Hogback Lake (lake)
- Golden Lake (lake)
- Pleasant Lake (lake)
- Little Bower Lake (lake)
Getting there
Pigeon River Trail Extension (from LaGrange) access. About 37 min drive (21 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Kendallville. 41.66757, -85.19176 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:23 a.m., the sun rises at 7:51 a.m. and sets at 7:01 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:29 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 10 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 29.1-mile round trip takes roughly 10 h 51 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 6:42 p.m. — 19 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Pigeon River Trail — 13.9 mi
- N. Branch of the Elkhart River Trail — 15.0 mi