Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
North Pond & Sheerlund Road
5.2 mi · ▲ 803 ft · 2 hr 8 min
North Pond & Sheerlund Road is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Overbrook, PA. The route reaches North Pond. It climbs 803 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi295 – 676 ft5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pond Loop Trail 40.28545, -75.95208
Nearest town Overbrook, PA
Directions
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North Pond & Sheerlund Road
5.2 mi · ▲ 803 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 294–677 ft
Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
Trailhead: Pond Loop Trail · 40.28545, -75.95208
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pond Loop Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass North Pond.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Beech Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Watershed Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Sawmill Dam, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hope Way, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Flying Hills Cartpath, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach North Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hope Way, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Sawmill Dam, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Watershed Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Sheerlund Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Beech Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Pond Loop Trail, heading S.
- 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
11% dirt6% paved83% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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