Cattail Pond–Fire Pond, 6 lakes is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Schuykill Center for Environmental Education near Upper Roxborough, PA. The route passes Wind Dance Pond, Springhouse Pond, Fire Pond and Cattail Pond. It climbs 310 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cattail Pond–Fire Pond, 6 lakes
2.4 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 57 min
Elevation 259–414 ft
Out & Back · Schuykill Center for Environmental Education
Trailhead: 40.05363, -75.24709
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Wind Dance Pond.
- 350 ftBear right onto Wind Dance Pond Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Springhouse Pond.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Pine Grove Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Hagys Mill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Fire Pond.
- 250 ftReach Cattail Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Pine Grove Loop, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Cattail Pond.
- 350 ftBear right onto Wind Dance Pond Loop, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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