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Bachelor Preserve

Four Mile Creek–Bachelor Pond, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 88 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Four Mile Creek–Bachelor Pond, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Bachelor Preserve near Oxford, OH. The route passes Four Mile Creek before reaching Bachelor Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 88 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi781 – 883 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.51727, -84.73598
Nearest town Oxford, OH
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Four Mile Creek–Bachelor Pond, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 88 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 780–882 ft

Out & Back · Bachelor Preserve

Trailhead: 39.51727, -84.73598

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 8:50 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 758 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miPass Four Mile Creek.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 100 ftTurn right onto Cross Country Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftSharp right onto Bachelor Preserve East Loop, heading E.
  17. 0.9 miPass Bachelor Pond.
  18. 50 ftReach Four Mile Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.9 miSharp left, heading W.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cross Country Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  27. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  31. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  33. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  34. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bachelor-pond-bachelor-pond-out-back-9-km-3d38

Trail surface

11% paved89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 8:50 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 758 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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