Ashton Pond–Blacklick Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Blacklick Woods Metro Park near Rose Hill Heights, OH. The route reaches Ashton Pond. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi846 – 886 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blacklick Woods Park 39.94036, -82.81321
Nearest town Rose Hill Heights, OH
Directions
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Ashton Pond–Blacklick Creek Trail, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min
Elevation 847–887 ft
Out & Back · Blacklick Woods Metro Park
Trailhead: Blacklick Woods Park · 39.94036, -82.81321
Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 85°F / low 59° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 8:43 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Ashton Pond.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Blacklick Woods Park, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blacklick Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Ashton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Blacklick Woods Park, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
87% gravel13% paved
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 85°F59°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity78%
Rained 0.2″ 3 days ago (1″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:43 PM
Wed
88°70°
34%
Thu
87°69°
38%
Fri
90°69°
60%
Sat
87°69°
42%
Sun
89°69°
16%
Mon
93°73°
33%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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