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

  1. Start on Pond Loop Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass North Pond.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Beech Trail, heading S.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Trail, heading SE.
  5. 450 ftBear right onto Watershed Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Sawmill Dam, heading S.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading E.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hope Way, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miSharp right onto Flying Hills Cartpath, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miReach North Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hope Way, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading NE.
  27. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  31. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  33. 350 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Road, heading W.
  34. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sawmill Dam, heading W.
  35. 100 ftSharp right onto Watershed Trail, heading W.
  36. 0.2 miBear left onto Sheerlund Trail, heading SW.
  37. 450 ftTurn right onto Beech Trail, heading SW.
  38. 450 ftContinue straight onto Pond Loop Trail, heading S.
  39. 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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