Alumni Grove & Heritage Rail Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 8 min
Alumni Grove & Heritage Rail Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Homestead Park near Dorset Glen, OH. The route reaches Alumni Grove. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Alumni Grove & Heritage Rail Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 8 min
Elevation 926–951 ft
Out & Back · Homestead Park
Trailhead: 40.03016, -83.17458
Weather Sep 20: Rain showers, high 80°F / low 69° · precip 53% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:35 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftPass Alumni Grove.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Heritage Rail Trail, heading N.
- 5.5 miReach Alumni Grove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 5.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.5 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Heritage Rail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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