North Chagrin Reservation
Strawberry Pond–Bridle Trail - NC0, 6 sights
8 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Strawberry Pond–Bridle Trail - NC0, 6 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in North Chagrin Reservation near Willoughby Hills, OH. The route passes Strawberry Pond and Strawberry Pond. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Strawberry Pond–Bridle Trail - NC0, 6 sights
8 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation 704–883 ft
Out & Back · North Chagrin Reservation
Trailhead: Bridle Trail - NC0 · 41.58850, -81.43118
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 77°F / low 64° · precip 10% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bridle Trail - NC0, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Strawberry Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto North Chagrin Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Hemlock Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Strawberry Pond.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC1;NC2, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Bridle Trail - NC1, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Hemlock Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC2;Hemlock Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC3, heading SE.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto North Chagrin Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach Strawberry Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC3, heading S.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bridle Trail - NC2;Hemlock Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hemlock Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bridle Trail - NC1, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bridle Trail - NC1;NC2, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto North Chagrin Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bridle Trail - NC2, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bridle Trail - NC0, heading NE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bridle Trail - NC0 Trailhead
- North Chagrin Reservation All Purpose Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Strawberry Pond–Bridle Trail - NC0, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Overlook–Strawberry Pond, 6 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 56 ft
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