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Big Creek Park

Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Big Creek Park near West Bass Lake, OH. The route reaches Tupelo Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 375 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,145 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Service Road 41.61469, -81.20214
Nearest town West Bass Lake, OH
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Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 1,010–1,146 ft

Out & Back · Big Creek Park

Trailhead: Service Road · 41.61469, -81.20214

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

  1. Start on Service Road, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Buckeye Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right onto Creek Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.7 miReach Tupelo Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left onto Highline Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Buckeye Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right onto Service Road, heading N.
  9. 150 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-8-km

Trail surface

89% gravel11% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

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