Big Creek Reservation
Big Creek Connector Trail via Big Creek Bikeway
3.5 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Big Creek Connector Trail via Big Creek Bikeway is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Big Creek Reservation near Parma Heights, OH. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Creek Connector Trail via Big Creek Bikeway
3.5 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 766–845 ft
Out & Back · Big Creek Reservation
Trailhead: Big Creek Bikeway · 41.41840, -81.75548
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 77°F / low 65° · precip 25% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Big Creek Bikeway, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Big Creek Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Big Creek Bikeway, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Big Creek Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Big Creek Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Big Creek Bikeway, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Big Creek Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Big Creek Bikeway, heading N.
- 1.1 miArrive 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 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:29 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Big Creek Bikeway Trailhead
- Big Creek Bikeway 2.4 mi · ▲ 29 ft
- Big Creek Bikeway 2.4 mi · ▲ 29 ft
- Big Creek Bikeway 3.8 mi · ▲ 57 ft
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