Big Hill & Erie Beach via Mouse Trail
2 mi · ▲ 34 ft · 41 min
Big Hill & Erie Beach via Mouse Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Maumee Bay State Park near South Shore Park, OH. The route passes Big Hill before reaching Erie Beach at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 34 ft of elevation gain. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi577 – 627 ft2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67841, -83.39192
Nearest town South Shore Park, OH
Directions
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Big Hill & Erie Beach via Mouse Trail
2 mi · ▲ 34 ft · 41 min
Elevation 576–627 ft
Out & Back · Maumee Bay State Park
Trailhead: 41.67841, -83.39192
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Mouse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftPass Erie Beach.
- 150 ftReach Big Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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
48% grass45% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:36 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Maumee Bay State Park Viewpoint–Duck blind, 4 viewpoints 5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Mouse Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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