Baldwin Pond & Upper Birch Creek Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. The route reaches Baldwin Pond at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 197 ft of elevation gain. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi853 – 1,007 ft3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.78536, -83.87690
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH
Directions
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Baldwin Pond & Upper Birch Creek Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 852–1,008 ft
Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 39.78536, -83.87690
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cemetery Road Bridge, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Stepping Stones Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Fire Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Baldwin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Stepping Stones Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Cemetery Road Bridge, heading W.
- 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 surface
7% dirt1% grass92% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Ricciardi Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 118 ft
- Traveler's Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- The Grotto via Cemetery Road Bridge 3.2 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- The Cascades–Yellow spring, 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 197 ft
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