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Sand Run Metro Park

Seneca Pond–Echo Pond, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Seneca Pond–Echo Pond, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Sand Run Metro Park near Cranmer, OH. The route passes Echo Pond before reaching Seneca Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 296 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 988 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Buckeye / Valley Link Trail 41.13127, -81.54177
Nearest town Cranmer, OH
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Seneca Pond–Echo Pond, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 759–988 ft

Out & Back · Sand Run Metro Park

Trailhead: Buckeye / Valley Link Trail · 41.13127, -81.54177

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Parcours Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  9. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miPass Echo Pond.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftSharp left onto Fernwood Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Cherry Lane Trail, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftSharp right onto Cherry Lane / Fernwood Trail, heading NE.
  18. 350 ftReach Seneca Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 350 ftSharp left onto Cherry Lane Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Fernwood Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading NW.
  22. 200 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftSharp left onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  27. 450 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading SE.
  31. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, heading SE.
  32. 0.4 miTurn right onto Parcours Trail, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear left onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Valley Link Trail, heading E.
  34. 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/seneca-pond-echo-pond-out-back-5-lakes-7-km-dc60

Trail surface

74% gravel24% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

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