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Sand Run Metro Park

Seneca Pond–Echo Pond, 4 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 510 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Seneca Pond–Echo Pond, 4 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Sand Run Metro Park near Cranmer, OH. The route passes Echo Pond before reaching Seneca Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 510 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 988 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.12744, -81.54812
Nearest town Cranmer, OH
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Seneca Pond–Echo Pond, 4 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 510 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 759–988 ft

Out & Back · Sand Run Metro Park

Trailhead: 41.12744, -81.54812

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parcours Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading W.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miPass Echo Pond.
  12. 250 ftTurn right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftSharp left onto Fernwood Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Cherry Lane Trail, heading NE.
  15. 200 ftTurn left onto Cherry Lane / Fernwood / Nuthatch Trail, heading NW.
  16. 200 ftReach Seneca Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto Cherry Lane Trail, heading SW.
  18. 200 ftSharp left onto Fernwood Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading NE.
  20. 250 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftSharp left onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading S.
  28. 0.8 miTurn right onto Parcours Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.5 miArrive 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-8-km-a9c8

Trail surface

52% gravel45% dirt1% paved1% boardwalk1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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