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Scioto Trail State Forest

Airport Loop–Bridle 15-17, 5 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,465 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Airport Loop–Bridle 15-17, 5 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Scioto Trail State Forest near Deadman Crossing, OH. It climbs 1,465 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi617 – 994 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bridle 18-19 39.26843, -82.94096
Nearest town Deadman Crossing, OH
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Airport Loop–Bridle 15-17, 5 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,465 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 616–994 ft

Out & Back · Scioto Trail State Forest

Trailhead: Bridle 18-19 · 39.26843, -82.94096

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bridle 18-19, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bridle 17-18, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bridle 15-17, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bridle 11-12, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left onto Long Branch Trail, heading SW.
  6. 2.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftBear left onto Black Forest, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Buckeye Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Airport Loop, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftReach Bridle 18-19, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Forest, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Long Branch Trail, heading W.
  14. 2.1 miSharp right onto Bridle 11-12, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bridle 15-17, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bridle 17-18, heading NE.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bridle 18-19, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/airport-loop-bridle-15-17-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

29% dirt2% gravel69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:18 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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