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Big Creek Park

Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail

6.3 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Big Creek Park near West Bass Lake, OH. The route reaches Tupelo Pond at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 401 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,145 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: White Oak Trail 41.62508, -81.20425
Nearest town West Bass Lake, OH
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Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail

6.3 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 1,010–1,146 ft

Out & Back · Big Creek Park

Trailhead: White Oak Trail · 41.62508, -81.20425

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on White Oak Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Trillium Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cascade Trail, heading S.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Buckeye Trail, heading S.
  5. 350 ftContinue straight onto Beechwoods Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Service Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Buckeye Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Creek Trail, heading SW.
  11. 1.7 miReach Tupelo Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.7 miTurn left onto Highline Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left onto Buckeye Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Service Road, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Hemlock Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beechwoods Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Buckeye Trail, heading N.
  18. 350 ftTurn left onto Cascade Trail, heading NE.
  19. 200 ftContinue straight onto Trillium Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Oak Trail, heading E.
  21. 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/tupelo-pond-tupelo-pond-out-back-3-lakes-10-km

Trail surface

69% gravel29% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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