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The Parks at Town Center

Risky Pond & Bear Creek Eastern Trail via Big Bear Creek Greenbelt

5.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Risky Pond & Bear Creek Eastern Trail via Big Bear Creek Greenbelt is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in The Parks at Town Center near Keller, TX. The route reaches Risky Pond at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi617 – 673 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.92991, -97.22909
Nearest town Keller, TX
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Risky Pond & Bear Creek Eastern Trail via Big Bear Creek Greenbelt

5.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 617–674 ft

Out & Back · The Parks at Town Center

Trailhead: 32.92991, -97.22909

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 300 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto Big Bear Creek Greenbelt, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 1.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Eastern Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 450 ftReach Risky Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Big Bear Creek Greenbelt, heading N.
  28. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  34. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  38. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  39. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  40. 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-risky-pond-out-back-3-lakes-9-km-79d7

Trail surface

33% paved67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:17 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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