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{{Route infobox
|name=Spring Path
|jpname=隠れ泉への道
|jptrans=Path to the Hidden Spring
|jptranslit=Kakue Izumi e no Michi
|generation=4
|image=Spring Path Pt.png
|type=forest
|mapdesc=The fourth lake of Sinnoh that was kept secret.<br>Beneath the lake's surface is a cave where dimensions are distorted.
|west=Sinnoh Route 214
|westalt=Route 214
|east=Sendoff Spring
|region=Sinnoh
|regionmap=Sinnoh Sendoff Spring Map.png
}}
The '''Spring Path''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|隠|かく}}れ{{tt|泉|いずみ}}への{{tt|道|みち}}''' ''Path to the Hidden Spring'') is a short path off the main area of {{rt|214|Sinnoh}} that leads into [[Sendoff Spring]]. There are no [[wild Pokémon]] on this short path.

In {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} and {{pkmn|Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}, this path only appears after the {{player}} has entered the [[Hall of Fame]]. In {{game|Platinum}}, the path appears after the player escapes the [[Distortion World]] to Sendoff Spring, with them being intended to exit through this path.

In Platinum, both the Spring Path and the Sendoff Spring are marked on the map as the "Spring Path".

In Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, the background music is the same eerie music as in the [[Old Chateau]]. In Platinum, the background music is the same as the adjacent Route 214.

==Layout==
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! style="background:#{{diamond color}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond}}
! style="background:#{{pearl color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Pearl}}
! style="background:#{{platinum color}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum}}
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| colspan="2" | [[File:Spring Path DP.png|300px]]
| [[File:Spring Path Pt.png|300px]]
|-
| colspan="3" style="background:#{{locationcolor/light|forest}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | &nbsp; 
|}

==In the manga==
[[File:Spring Path Adventures.png|thumb|left|240px|The Spring Path in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{chap|Diamond & Pearl}}====
The Spring Path debuted in ''[[PS405|Shorting Out Electivire]]'', where {{adv|Platinum}}, [[Maylene]], and [[Candice]] had come here to train with [[Volkner]] after their defeat at the hands of [[Jupiter]] at [[Lake Acuity]]. At first, Volkner was unwilling to train with them, having only come in hopes of facing the opponent who had been strong enough to defeat two [[Gym Leader]]s together. However, Platinum managed to convince Volkner to stay, and started a battle with him, all the while describing Jupiter's tactics to Volkner and demonstrating them with {{cat|Platinum's Pokémon|her own Pokémon}}.

As the battle progressed, Volkner told Platinum that if she would be able to defeat all of his Pokémon, he'd reward her with a {{badge|Beacon}}, just like in an official Gym battle. Eventually Platinum managed to beat the Leader of the [[Sunyshore Gym]], earning her her eighth and final Badge.

In ''[[PS416|Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia VI]]'', Volkner, who had ignored the call to join the other Gym Leaders to fight [[Team Galactic]] at the [[Spear Pillar]] and was instead hanging out at the Spring Path, noticed a black portal over the Sendoff Spring, and informed {{EF|Flint}} about it.

===={{chap|Platinum}}====
In ''[[PS435|The Final Dimensional Duel V]]'', Volkner and Flint traveled through the Spring Path on their way to the Sendoff Spring, intending to go battle {{DL|Creation trio (Adventures)|Giratina}} in the Distortion World.
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==In other languages==
{{langtable|bordercolor={{locationcolor/dark|forest}}|color={{locationcolor/light|forest}}
|zh_yuw=隱泉之路 ''{{tt|Yánchyùhn-jī Louh|Hidden Spring Path}}''
|zh_cmn=隱泉之路 / 隐泉之路 ''{{tt|Yǐnquán-zhī Lù|Hidden Spring Path}}'' {{tt|*|Games, Adventures}}<br>通往隱泉之路 ''{{tt|Tōngwǎng Yǐnquán-zhī Lù|Path to the Hidden Spring}}'' {{tt|*|Adventures}}
|de=Frühlingspfad
|fr_eu=Chemin de la Source{{sup/8|BDSP}}<br>Chemin Source{{sup/4|DPPt}}
|it=Sentiero Fonte
|es_eu=Vía Manantial
|ko=숨겨진 샘의 길 ''Sumgyeojin Saem-ui Gil''
|vi=Đường tới suối bí mật
}}

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