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Big Meadows Path (1 mi) & Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi) via Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi) is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Highbanks Metro Park near Olentangy High Bluffs, OH. It is mostly level, with 218 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi781 – 945 ft4.9 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)

4.5 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 1 hr 37 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 miContinue straight onto Big Meadows Path (1 mi), heading N.
  7. 300 ftReach Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi), heading S.
  9. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Overlook Trail (2.3 mi), heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wetland Spur Trail (0.4 mi), heading S.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

58% gravel5% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:44 PM

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