Cincinnati Nature Center: Long Branch Farm & Trails
McCarthy Pond & Beaver Trail
2 mi · ▲ 90 ft · 43 min
McCarthy Pond & Beaver Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Cincinnati Nature Center: Long Branch Farm & Trails near Springvale, OH. The route reaches McCarthy Pond. It is mostly level, with 90 ft of elevation gain. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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McCarthy Pond & Beaver Trail
2 mi · ▲ 90 ft · 43 min
Elevation 713–792 ft
Out & Back · Cincinnati Nature Center: Long Branch Farm & Trails
Trailhead: 39.24214, -84.19692
Weather Sep 20: Rain showers, high 84°F / low 70° · precip 44% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
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- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass McCarthy Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Barred Owl Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Beaver Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach McCarthy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Barred Owl Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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More from this trailhead
- Salamander Viewpoint–McCarthy Pond, 4 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- McCarthy Pond–Firefly Trail, 4 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 29 ft
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