Cedar Ridge Preserve

Cattail Pond Trail & Possumhaw Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Cattail Pond Trail & Possumhaw Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Cedar Ridge Preserve near Red Bird Addition, TX. It climbs 414 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi551 – 758 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.66213, -96.95485
Nearest town Red Bird Addition, TX

Directions

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Cattail Pond Trail & Possumhaw Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 550–759 ft

Out & Back · Cedar Ridge Preserve

Trailhead: 32.66213, -96.95485

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fire Road, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.1 miBear left onto Backstage Pass Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 300 ftTurn left onto Possumhaw Trail, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto Cattail Pond Trail, heading SE.
  32. 200 ftReach Cattail Pond Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 200 ftTurn left onto Possumhaw Trail, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  35. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  36. 150 ftTurn left onto Backstage Pass Trail, heading S.
  37. 0.2 miBear right onto Park in the Woods Trail, heading S.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  39. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  41. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  42. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  43. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  44. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  45. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  46. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  47. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  48. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  49. 500 ftSharp left, heading N.
  50. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  51. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  52. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  54. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  55. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  56. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  57. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  58. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  59. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  60. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  61. 100 ftContinue straight onto Fire Road, heading N.
  62. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  63. 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.

Trail surface

40% dirt14% paved7% gravel39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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