Cattail Pond–Cattail Pond Trail, 4 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 298 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Cattail Pond–Cattail Pond Trail, 4 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Cedar Ridge Preserve near Red Bird Addition, TX. The route reaches Cattail Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 298 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cattail Pond–Cattail Pond Trail, 4 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 298 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 589–759 ft
Out & Back · Cedar Ridge Preserve
Trailhead: 32.64799, -96.95922
Weather Sep 20: Heavy rain, high 97°F / low 76° · precip 40% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Backstage Pass Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Possumhaw Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cattail Pond Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fossil Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Forest Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Cattail Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Fossil Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cattail Pond Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Possumhaw Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Backstage Pass Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Park in the Woods Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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