The Monon Rail Trail stretches from the town of Sheridan in the north, extends south through Westfield, Carmel, Broad Ripple, and passes by the Indiana State Fairgrounds before intersecting with the Indianapolis Cultural Trail at Massachusetts Ave.

On our trip we turned around at the fairgrounds and repeated the ride back up to Carmel for lunch and then down once again to the 96th street trailhead before heading home. The Carmel - Westfield area is exceptionally maintained. Its all fairly nice, but the northern end is nicer and drivers there respect riders at road crossings more.

I was so impressed with this area that I almost want to pack up and move there.