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Turtle Pond via Blacklick Creek Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Three Creeks Metro Park near Groveport, OH. The route passes Turtle Pond before reaching Turtle Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 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 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.86896, -82.88181
Nearest town Groveport, OH

Directions

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Turtle Pond via Blacklick Creek Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 724–745 ft

Out & Back · Three Creeks Metro Park

Trailhead: 39.86896, -82.88181

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:18 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Transit-accessible: S Hamilton Rd & Homer Ohio Ln stop 711 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Foor Leisure Path, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blacklick Creek Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.7 miPass Turtle Pond.
  7. 0.3 miReach Turtle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2 miContinue straight onto Foor Leisure Path, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 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

94% paved2% boardwalk4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:18 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:34 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Hamilton Rd & Homer Ohio Ln stop 711 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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