Girdled Road Reservation

Big Creek Valley Trail–Chickadee Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Big Creek Valley Trail–Chickadee Trail, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near Five Points, OH. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 994 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chickadee Trail 41.66725, -81.17775
Nearest town Five Points, OH

Directions

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Big Creek Valley Trail–Chickadee Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 856–993 ft

Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation

Trailhead: Chickadee Trail · 41.66725, -81.17775

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Chickadee Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Big Creek Valley Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miReach Chickadee Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Chickadee Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left onto Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail, heading N.
  9. 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

100% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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