Thoreau Pond & Sugarbush Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Blendon Woods Metro Park near Gould Park, OH. The route reaches Thoreau Pond at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi840 – 965 ft2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.07312, -82.88497
Nearest town Gould Park, OH
Directions
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Thoreau Pond & Sugarbush Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 56 min
Elevation 840–964 ft
Out & Back · Blendon Woods Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.07312, -82.88497
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 8:44 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Sugarbush Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lake Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Thoreau Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Sugarbush Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 8:44 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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