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The Parks at Town Center

Risky Pond & Big Bear Creek Greenbelt

8.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Risky Pond & Big Bear Creek Greenbelt is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in The Parks at Town Center near Keller, TX. The route reaches Risky Pond at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi617 – 689 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.93063, -97.25984
Nearest town Keller, TX
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Risky Pond & Big Bear Creek Greenbelt

8.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 616–689 ft

Out & Back · The Parks at Town Center

Trailhead: 32.93063, -97.25984

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:17 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Keller Sports Park Loop, heading E.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Bear Creek Greenbelt, heading E.
  4. 1.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miPass Risky Pond.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 500 ftReach Risky Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  22. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  23. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  29. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Keller Sports Park Loop, heading W.
  33. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/risky-pond-big-bear-creek-greenbelt-out-back-14-km-b013

Trail surface

42% paved58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:17 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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