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Turtle Pond via Blacklick Creek Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Three Creeks Metro Park near Bixford Green, OH. The route passes Turtle Pond before reaching Turtle Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 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 – 748 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.87667, -82.87387
Nearest town Bixford Green, OH

Directions

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Turtle Pond via Blacklick Creek Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 724–749 ft

Out & Back · Three Creeks Metro Park

Trailhead: 39.87667, -82.87387

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 8:44 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Blacklick Creek Trail, heading S.
  3. 2.4 miPass Turtle Pond.
  4. 0.3 miReach Turtle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Alum Creek Trail, heading S.
  6. 2.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  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

96% paved2% boardwalk1% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F65°
Precip3%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity62%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago (0.6″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:44 PM
Tue 86°58°
Wed 89°69° 28%
Thu 88°69° 42%
Fri 89°68° 55%
Sat 86°68° 46%
Sun 93°69° 15%

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