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Big Oak Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Monroe Lake — Fairfax/Indiana

Big Oak Trail

Bloomington, Indiana

1.5 mi

Distance

230 ft

Elev. Gain

34m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

Big Oak Trail is a loop trail in Monroe Lake — Fairfax, in Monroe County, Indiana. It is 1.5 miles long and gains 230 feet. The nearest town is Smithville-Sanders, Indiana, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

From the trail data on this page.

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:176 ft
Max:216 ft
Gain:70 ft
Loss:70 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 176 ft and 216 ft across 1.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.176 ft189 ft203 ft216 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.7 mi1.1 mi1.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi182 ft
High point0.5 mi216 ft
End1.5 mi182 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by State Agency (Other Than Military)

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Smithville-Sanders, IN · about 1 mi away
County:
Monroe County, IN
Jurisdiction:
Monroe Lake — Fairfax · State Agency (Other Than Military)

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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