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.
Elevation
0 mi712 – 794 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24214, -84.19692
Nearest town Springvale, OH
Directions
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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 Aug 4: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 8:47 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- 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.
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 8:47 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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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