Girdled Road Reservation
Big Creek Valley Trail & Creek Crossing Trail via Oak Leaf Loop Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Big Creek Valley Trail & Creek Crossing Trail via Oak Leaf Loop Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near Five Points, OH. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Creek Valley Trail & Creek Crossing Trail via Oak Leaf Loop Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 854–1,045 ft
Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation
Trailhead: Skok Meadow Loop Trail · 41.65782, -81.19317
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Big Creek Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Creek Crossing Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Creek Crossing Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Skok Meadow Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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