Cedar Ridge Preserve

Cattail Pond–Cattail Pond Trail, 4 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 410 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Cattail Pond–Cattail Pond Trail, 4 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Cedar Ridge Preserve near Red Bird Addition, TX. The route reaches Cattail Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 410 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 758 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.65116, -96.96012
Nearest town Red Bird Addition, TX

Directions

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Cattail Pond–Cattail Pond Trail, 4 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 410 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 589–759 ft

Out & Back · Cedar Ridge Preserve

Trailhead: 32.65116, -96.96012

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Backstage Pass Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 300 ftTurn left onto Possumhaw Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Cattail Pond Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto Fossil Valley Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miBear right onto Forest Valley Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miReach Cattail Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Fossil Valley Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cattail Pond Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left onto Possumhaw Trail, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 150 ftTurn left onto Backstage Pass Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miBear right onto Park in the Woods Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  29. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  33. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  34. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  35. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  36. 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  38. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  39. 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 surface

49% dirt16% paved11% gravel24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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