AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Riverbend Park

Cow Pen Lake via Portage

9.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Cow Pen Lake via Portage is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Riverbend Park near Rood, FL. The route reaches Cow Pen Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 33 ft9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 26.92975, -80.17600
Nearest town Rood, FL
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Cow Pen Lake via Portage

9.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 10–33 ft

Out & Back · Riverbend Park

Trailhead: 26.92975, -80.17600

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:20 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Portage, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 50 ftPass Cow Pen Lake.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  20. 2.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 350 ftReach Cow Pen Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 2.3 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  29. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  31. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  32. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  33. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  34. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  38. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cow-pen-lake-cow-pen-lake-out-back-15-km

Trail surface

11% paved3% gravel1% dirt85% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:36 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

More sunset hikes nearby

Hikes near Rood, Florida