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Big Creek Park

Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 2 hr

Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Big Creek Park near West Bass Lake, OH. The route reaches Tupelo Pond at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 401 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,145 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Deep Woods Trail 41.61896, -81.20638
Nearest town West Bass Lake, OH
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Tupelo Pond & Creek Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 1,010–1,146 ft

Out & Back · Big Creek Park

Trailhead: Deep Woods Trail · 41.61896, -81.20638

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

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Hemlock Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto Service Road, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Buckeye Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.7 miReach Tupelo Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.7 miTurn left onto Highline Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Buckeye Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Service Road, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Hemlock Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 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-9-km

Trail surface

81% gravel18% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Good to know

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

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