Lake Thoreau Pool
Sunrise Valley Dr at Upper Lake Dr
3 Mile Walk
Measured:
3 miles
Directions
- Starting at the pool parking lot and keeping the lake on the right, take asphalt path parallel to Sunrise Valley Drive.
- Right into Lakeport gray town homes; cross parking area to path between white rails.
- Follow path crossing street. Bear right behind South Lakes Village Center, then left towards Lakeside Restaurant.
- Stay on sidewalk turning right where the shops end (at Starbuck's, currently [Feb. 2006]).
- Path parallels South Lakes Drive with Lake Thoreau on the right.
- At "T" intersection, turn right to go away from South Lakes Drive. Ignore South Lakes & Ridge Heights tunnels.
- Path goes uphill to concrete walk which rejoins asphalt path close to lake.
- Continue on asphalt path crossing 5 cluster streets (bear right when crossing first 3 streets
(Lakewinds, Lakebreeze, and Chadds Ford), straight across Swans Neck, & left when crossing Turtle Pond
(large, dark brown townhouses)).
- After passing Ridge Heights pool (on the right), turn right, downhill.
- At the triangle, for a shorter walk bear right and skip to #17, OR at the triangle, for a ten-minute-longer walk
take a sharp left to go through the Ridge Heights tunnel.
- Stay left on path past Terraset School to go downhill and into the woods.
- Right at "Y" to stay on path through woods, not up the hill to SLHS fields.
- Cross Bridge #38.
- Right at triangle. Follow asphalt path. Cross bridges 39 & 40.
- Stay right. Do not go through Soapstone tunnel.
- At Terraset, follow path to the right, going behind Terraset, then left and right to go through Ridge Heights
tunnel.
- Stay straight to cross bridge #41. Then path curves left.
- After passing play equipment on your left, turn right at the "Y"
- Cross Purple Beech Drive.
- Cross bridge #42.
- Left on Upper Lake Drive. At Great Meadow, turn right, cross street and pick up asphalt path again.
- Cross Headlands Circle.
- Cross Upper Lake Drive (again) to Thoreau pool.
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