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Schuykill Center for Environmental Education

Cattail Pond–Fire Pond, 7 lakes

4 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Cattail Pond–Fire Pond, 7 lakes is a 4-mile out-and-back in Schuykill Center for Environmental Education near Upper Roxborough, PA. The route passes Wind Dance Pond, Cattail Pond, Springhouse Pond and The Wetlands before reaching Fire Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 516 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi184 – 413 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.07130, -75.24613
Nearest town Upper Roxborough, PA
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Cattail Pond–Fire Pond, 7 lakes

4 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 184–414 ft

Out & Back · Schuykill Center for Environmental Education

Trailhead: 40.07130, -75.24613

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 740 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 200 ftTurn left onto Pine Grove Loop, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miPass Wind Dance Pond.
  16. 50 ftPass Cattail Pond.
  17. 50 ftPass Springhouse Pond.
  18. 250 ftBear left onto Wind Dance Pond Loop, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miPass The Wetlands.
  20. 50 ftPass Fire Pond.
  21. 350 ftReach Cattail Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.2 miBear right onto Pine Grove Loop, heading SW.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 200 ftTurn left onto Hagys Mill Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  34. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  35. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  36. 50 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/cattail-pond-cattail-pond-out-back-10-lakes

Trail surface

18% dirt9% grass73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 740 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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