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Big Meadows Path (1 mi) & Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi) via Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi) is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Highbanks Metro Park near Olentangy High Bluffs, OH. It climbs 280 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi781 – 945 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13667, -83.01744
Nearest town Olentangy High Bluffs, OH

Directions

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Big Meadows Path (1 mi) & Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi) via Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi)

5.1 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 782–946 ft

Out & Back · Highbanks Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.13667, -83.01744

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:44 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right onto Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi), heading NW.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Overlook Trail (2.3 mi), heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi), heading N.
  6. 1 miSharp right onto Big Meadows Path (1 mi), heading NW.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Coyote Run Trail (3.5 mi), heading E.
  9. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi), heading SE.
  11. 1 miTurn left onto Overlook Trail (2.3 mi), heading W.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right onto Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi), heading SE.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

68% gravel4% dirt1% grass1% boardwalk26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:44 PM

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