Girdled Road Reservation
Big Creek Valley Trail & Oak Leaf Loop Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Big Creek Valley Trail & Oak Leaf Loop Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near West Bass Lake, OH. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Creek Valley Trail & Oak Leaf Loop Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 880–1,108 ft
Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation
Trailhead: Oak Leaf Loop Trail · 41.64264, -81.17486
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Green Darner Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Big Creek Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Oak Leaf Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Green Darner Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading S.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Oak Leaf Loop Trail Trailhead
- Connector Trail & Oak Leaf Loop Trail 3 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Valley View Overlook–Chickadee Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Skok Meadow Viewpoint–Creek Crossing Trail, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 406 ft
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