Indiana trails · Springs Valley Trail 1
Springs Valley Trail 1
A 9.5-mile out-and-back in Indiana, with 235 ft of climbing. Reaches Springs Valley Lake. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 573 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Springs Valley Lake (lake)
Heads up
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:47 a.m., the sun rises at 7:14 a.m. and sets at 8:18 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:45 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 18.9-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 15 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:28 p.m. — 5 h 49 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Youngs Creek — 4.6 mi
- Shirley Creek — 11.2 mi
- Birdseye Trail 1 — 14.2 mi
- Two Lakes Loop — 20.5 mi