Ricciardi Spring & Baldwin Pond via Upper Birch Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Yellow Springs, OH. The route passes Baldwin Pond before reaching Ricciardi Spring at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 202 ft of elevation gain. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi876 – 1,007 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Baldwin Pond Trail 39.80661, -83.88074
Nearest town Yellow Springs, OH
Directions
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Ricciardi Spring & Baldwin Pond via Upper Birch Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 202 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 877–1,008 ft
Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Baldwin Pond Trail · 39.80661, -83.88074
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Baldwin Pond Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Baldwin Pond.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Stepping Stones Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Very Steep Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Ricciardi Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Stepping Stones Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 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
8% dirt2% grass90% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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