Barkcamp State Park
Barkcamp State Park Beach & Hawthorne Trail via Blue Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Barkcamp State Park Beach & Hawthorne Trail via Blue Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Barkcamp State Park near Loomis, OH. The route reaches Barkcamp State Park Beach at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
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Directions
Barkcamp State Park Beach & Hawthorne Trail via Blue Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 1,120–1,199 ft
Out & Back · Barkcamp State Park
Trailhead: Hawthorne Trail · 40.04005, -81.02330
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hawthorne Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miReach Barkcamp State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Hawthorne Trail, heading E.
- 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.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:50 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:17 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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