Walden Pond via Chessie Circle Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Walden Pond via Chessie Circle Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Ottawa Park near Fitch, OH. The route reaches Walden Pond. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Walden Pond via Chessie Circle Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 579–620 ft
Out & Back · Ottawa Park
Trailhead: 41.70355, -83.58507
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:37 PM
Transit-accessible: TARTA Bus Stop stop 318 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Chessie Circle Trail, heading SW.
- 2.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Robert Brundage Bike Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Ottowa Trails, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Walden Pond.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Overland Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftReach Walden Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ottowa Trails, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Robert Brundage Bike Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Chessie Circle Trail, heading W.
- 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 7:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: TARTA Bus Stop stop 318 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Chessie Circle Trail 6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Chessie Circle Trail 5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Chessie Circle Trail 6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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