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Riverbend Park

Cow Pen Lake

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Cow Pen Lake is a 4.6-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 mi7 – 20 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 26.94202, -80.19418
Nearest town Rood, FL
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Cow Pen Lake

4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 7–19 ft

Out & Back · Riverbend Park

Trailhead: 26.94202, -80.19418

Weather Sep 20: Heavy showers, high 87°F / low 74° · precip 72% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miPass Cow Pen Lake.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 250 ftReach Cow Pen Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cow-pen-lake-cow-pen-lake-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

31% paved22% gravel47% unspecified

Weather

Heavy showersTemperature 87°F74°
Precip72%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity91%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70° 12 AM: 13% rain1 AM: 20% rain2 AM: 27% rain3 AM: 18% rain4 AM: 2% rain5 AM: 1% rain6 AM: 2% rain7 AM: 3% rain8 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 3% rain11 AM: 11% rain12 PM: 9% rain1 PM: 13% rain2 PM: 23% rain3 PM: 59% rain4 PM: 71% rain5 PM: 72% rain6 PM: 71% rain7 PM: 61% rain8 PM: 37% rain9 PM: 24% rain10 PM: 11% rain11 PM: 8% rain
Sunrise 7:09 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:21 PM
Mon 84°73° 36%
Tue 91°72° 69%
Wed 89°77° 70%
Thu 87°74° 61%
Fri 87°75° 58%
Sat 86°76° 53%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:00 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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