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Arrowhead Trail & Blacklick Creek Trail (Extension) is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Portman Park near Motts Place, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi778 – 794 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.91199, -82.80761
Nearest town Motts Place, OH

Directions

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Arrowhead Trail & Blacklick Creek Trail (Extension)

4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 776–795 ft

Out & Back · Portman Park

Trailhead: 39.91199, -82.80761

Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 8:43 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftBear left onto Blacklick Creek Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blacklick Creek Trail (Extension), heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Arrowhead Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 200 ftReach Arrowhead Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto Blacklick Creek Trail (Extension), heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 200 ftContinue straight onto Blacklick Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

68% paved30% grass1% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 86°F57°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity78%
Rained 0.2″ 3 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:43 PM
Wed 89°70° 34%
Thu 88°69° 38%
Fri 90°69° 60%
Sat 87°70° 42%
Sun 89°69° 16%
Mon 93°73° 32%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 7:40 PM for the 8:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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