Mount Airy Forest

Ponderosa Trail (B)–Quarry Trail (D), 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Ponderosa Trail (B)–Quarry Trail (D), 3 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Airy Forest near Mount Airy Center, OH. It climbs 683 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi532 – 840 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ponderosa Trail (B) 39.17364, -84.56514
Nearest town Mount Airy Center, OH

Directions

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Ponderosa Trail (B)–Quarry Trail (D), 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 532–839 ft

Out & Back · Mount Airy Forest

Trailhead: Ponderosa Trail (B) · 39.17364, -84.56514

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 8:48 PM

Transit-accessible: Colerain Ave 4784 stop 276 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ponderosa Trail (B), heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Red Oak Trail (C), heading E.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Stone Steps, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ponderosa Trail (B), heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miReach Ponderosa Trail (B), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.9 miTurn right onto Stone Steps, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Oak Trail (C), heading E.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Ponderosa Trail (B), heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

87% dirt13% rock

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 8:48 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Colerain Ave 4784 stop 276 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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