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Gordon Pond–Arnold Trail, 8 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Sweet Run State Park near Neersville, VA. The route reaches Gordon Pond. It is mostly level, with 167 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi486 – 604 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Sweet Run Trail 39.27651, -77.73736
Nearest town Neersville, VA

Directions

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Gordon Pond–Arnold Trail, 8 sights

3 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 487–603 ft

Out & Back · Sweet Run State Park

Trailhead: Upper Sweet Run Trail · 39.27651, -77.73736

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Arnold Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Legacy Loop, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miPass Gordon Pond.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left onto Legacy Loop Spur, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Legacy Loop, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto Wood Thrush Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miSharp left onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto East Meadow Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading SE.
  16. 250 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

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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