Black Pond Woods Nature Area & Black Pond via Black Pond Loops
1.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 32 min
Black Pond Woods Nature Area & Black Pond via Black Pond Loops is a 1.5-mile out-and-back in Leslie Park near Northfield, MI. The route passes Black Pond before reaching Black Pond Woods Nature Area at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Black Pond Woods Nature Area & Black Pond via Black Pond Loops
1.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 32 min
Elevation 842–917 ft
Out & Back · Leslie Park
Trailhead: 42.30912, -83.73036
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 62°F / low 57° · precip 63% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Transit-accessible: Pontiac + Arrowwood stop 390 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftPass Black Pond.
- 50 ftPass Black Pond Woods Nature Area.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Black Pond Loops, heading S.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Half Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Black Pond Woods Nature Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Black Pond Loops, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: Pontiac + Arrowwood stop 390 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Barton Nature Area–Black Pond Woods Nature Area, 5 groves 3.2 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Dhu Varren Woods Nature Area 1.3 mi · ▲ 83 ft
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