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Prairie Oaks Metro Park

Alder Trail–Darby Creek Greenway Trail, 5 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Alder Trail–Darby Creek Greenway Trail, 5 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Prairie Oaks Metro Park near Abbey Chase, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 912 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Darby Creek Greenway Trail 40.00949, -83.24917
Nearest town Abbey Chase, OH
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Alder Trail–Darby Creek Greenway Trail, 5 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 870–913 ft

Out & Back · Prairie Oaks Metro Park

Trailhead: Darby Creek Greenway Trail · 40.00949, -83.24917

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

  1. Start on Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Mound Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lake View Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Alder Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Plains Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tall Grass Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.7 miReach Darby Creek Greenway Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Sycamore Plains Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Alder Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lake View Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mound Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/alder-trail-out-back

Trail surface

44% gravel11% dirt45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 8:16 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:10 PM — 5 min before dark.

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