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Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Cow Pen Lake & Ocean-to-Lake Trail

13.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 28 min

Cow Pen Lake & Ocean-to-Lake Trail is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Jonathan Dickinson State 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 mi0 – 26 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 26.92714, -80.17551
Nearest town Rood, FL
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Cow Pen Lake & Ocean-to-Lake Trail

13.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 28 min

Elevation -1–25 ft

Out & Back · Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Trailhead: 26.92714, -80.17551

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 100 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. 500 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. 150 ftBear left onto Ocean-to-Lake Trail, heading E.
  19. 5.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 100 ftReach Cow Pen Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 5.1 miBear right, heading E.
  22. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  28. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  31. 400 ftBear right onto Portage, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  37. 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-3-lakes-22-km

Trail surface

27% sand2% gravel2% paved1% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:09 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:01 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:21 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:44 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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