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Bachelor Preserve - Marcum

Bishop Woods & Four Mile Creek via North Fisher Drive

2.1 mi · ▲ 93 ft · 45 min

Bishop Woods & Four Mile Creek via North Fisher Drive is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Bachelor Preserve - Marcum near Oxford, OH. The route passes Four Mile Creek before reaching Bishop Woods at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 93 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi778 – 899 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.51430, -84.72646
Nearest town Oxford, OH
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Bishop Woods & Four Mile Creek via North Fisher Drive

2.1 mi · ▲ 93 ft · 45 min

Elevation 776–899 ft

Out & Back · Bachelor Preserve - Marcum

Trailhead: 39.51430, -84.72646

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 8:50 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Four Mile Creek.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto North Fisher Drive, heading N.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 150 ftPass Bishop Woods.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  21. 250 ftReach Bishop Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  30. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  31. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  33. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  37. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  38. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bishop-woods-four-mile-creek-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

10% paved90% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 8:50 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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