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The Wedding Tree–Mill Pond, 5 lakes is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Roaring Camp near Mount Hermon, CA. The route passes Duck Pond, Mill Pond and Covered Bridge Pond before reaching The Wedding Tree at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 501 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi279 – 732 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.04246, -122.04964
Nearest town Mount Hermon, CA

Directions

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The Wedding Tree–Mill Pond, 5 lakes

3.5 mi · ▲ 501 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 280–731 ft

Out & Back · Roaring Camp

Trailhead: 37.04246, -122.04964

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: Bear Mountain stop 416 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Statues, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Upper Ballz, heading N.
  5. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miPass Duck Pond.
  8. 50 ftPass Mill Pond.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Nature Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miPass Covered Bridge Pond.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miReach The Wedding Tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miSharp right onto Bear Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.8 miTurn right onto Upper Ballz, heading N.
  18. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Statues, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 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

52% dirt48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Bear Mountain stop 416 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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