trips - Adena Trace Spring Fling

Trip Info

Dates: 4/19 - 4/20/08
Trip Organizer: Randall
Location: Brookvile Lake

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Description

Meet at the West Side of Fairfield Causeway around 9:00 AM Local time Saturday morning and head south along the lake shore. Probably camp somewhere on the southside of Wolf Creek. There is good fishing from there to the dam and lots of good spots to camp, the mileage for the first day would be about 5 to 7 miles.
On Sunday we would either continue on to the dam and drive back from there or turn around and hike out the same way we came in.

From Indianapolis take I 70 East to State Road one (Indiana 1). Take State Road one (Indiana 1) South to Fairfield Road (Fairfield Causeway). Take Fairfield Road (Fairfield Causeway) east to the west side of the Causeway, this would be the side that is closest to the Marina (Just north of the Causeway) this would also be the first side of the Causeway that you come to. There is a parking lot there and the trailhead is just across the Road from the Parking lot.
If you want to use map quest (or something like that on the internet) the town to input is New Fairfield, In. I used this on Yahoo maps and it will get you to the west or the east side of the causeway. The trick is not to miss Fairfield Causeway Road, it is not well marked. However, it is the only road heading east out of Blooming Grove at the blinking yellow light. Blooming Grove only has one light and this is it!! There are signs directing you to several Brookville lake areas/boat ramps just before you reach the intersection.

For the Techies out there, here are the GPS coordinates for this trailhead
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N 39 30.360
W 085 00.056

The Adena Trail is single use 24-mile loop hiking trail located at Brookville Reservoir, 30 miles south of Richmond, Indiana and 30 miles north of Cincinnati. The Hoosier Hiking (HHC) Council was invited to design and build the Adena Trail. However, it should be noted that the majority of the west side of this trail existed in the form of pioneer roads and deer paths. I hiked the west route many times in the early and late eighties. The HHC has done a wonderful job with the improvements. They cut switchbacks and laid out a much more enjoyable route than the original. They deserve a lot of credit here!!! This is a very good trail and one you should check out. Many features of the trail make it one of Indiana's greatest trails. The exposed rock strata are among the oldest in the state: 600-million year old Ordovician fossils are exposed at every tiny draw the trail crosses. Contours are severe and the soil is poor, so the trail winds and changes grades frequently to avoid impassably steep slopes. This results in some magnificent views of the reservoir from on high as well as some memorable dips to the shoreline.

Here is a link to a map!!

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/43207.php?id_trip=1fc214004c9481e4c8073e85323bfd4b