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Big Creek Park

Tupelo Pond–Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Tupelo Pond–Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Big Creek Park near Clarks, OH. The route reaches Tupelo Pond. It climbs 425 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,145 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Creek Trail 41.61591, -81.22103
Nearest town Clarks, OH
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Tupelo Pond–Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Elevation 1,010–1,146 ft

Out & Back · Big Creek Park

Trailhead: Creek Trail · 41.61591, -81.22103

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Tupelo Pond.
  3. 1.7 miTurn left onto Highline Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto Buckeye Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Service Road, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Hemlock Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beechwoods Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Buckeye Trail, heading E.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Cascade Trail, heading NE.
  10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Trillium Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miReach Tupelo Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cascade Trail, heading SE.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Buckeye Trail, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Beechwoods Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miBear left onto Service Road, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Buckeye Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Highline Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right onto Creek Trail, heading SW.
  20. 1.5 miArrive 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-4-sights-10-km

Trail surface

70% gravel29% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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