AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cooling Pond & Hugh Kaul Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min

Cooling Pond & Hugh Kaul Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Birmingham, AL. The route reaches Cooling Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 627 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hugh Kaul Trail 33.51510, -86.79702
Nearest town Birmingham, AL
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Cooling Pond & Hugh Kaul Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min

Elevation 614–627 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Hugh Kaul Trail · 33.51510, -86.79702

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: NE Corner of 3rd Av S & 24th St S stop 264 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hugh Kaul Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miPass Cooling Pond.
  3. 0.6 miReach Cooling Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.2 miArrive 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/cooling-pond-out-back

Trail surface

93% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: NE Corner of 3rd Av S & 24th St S stop 264 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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