Big Walnut Creek right after Confluence 6.jpg
Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0

Turtle Pond via Blacklick Creek Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Three Creeks Metro Park near Groveport, OH. The route passes Turtle Pond before reaching Turtle Pond at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi725 – 745 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.87412, -82.89298
Nearest town Groveport, OH

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Turtle Pond via Blacklick Creek Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Elevation 724–745 ft

Out & Back · Three Creeks Metro Park

Trailhead: 39.87412, -82.89298

Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 8:44 PM

Transit-accessible: S Hamilton Rd & Homer Ohio Ln stop 726 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 300 ftTurn left onto Blacklick Creek Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miPass Turtle Pond.
  4. 0.3 miReach Turtle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Alum Creek Trail, heading S.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 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 surface

93% paved3% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 86°F57°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity73%
Rained 0.2″ 3 days ago (0.6″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:44 PM
Wed 90°70° 33%
Thu 88°69° 37%
Fri 89°68° 60%
Sat 86°68° 44%
Sun 93°69° 16%
Mon 89°71° 31%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Hamilton Rd & Homer Ohio Ln stop 726 m from the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead