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Blacklick Creek Trail–Buttonbush Trail, 3 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Blacklick Woods Metro Park near Rose Hill Heights, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi846 – 883 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blacklick Creek Trail 39.93276, -82.80621
Nearest town Rose Hill Heights, OH

Directions

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Blacklick Creek Trail–Buttonbush Trail, 3 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 56 min

Elevation 847–881 ft

Out & Back · Blacklick Woods Metro Park

Trailhead: Blacklick Creek Trail · 39.93276, -82.80621

Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 8:43 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Grandhaven Stop stop 768 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Blacklick Creek Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Blacklick Woods Park, heading E.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftTurn right onto Maple Loop, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto Walter A Tucker Trail, heading E.
  7. 400 ftContinue straight onto Buttonbush Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miReach Blacklick Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Walter A Tucker Trail, heading NW.
  10. 400 ftBear left onto Maple Loop, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading W.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Blacklick Woods Park, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Blacklick Creek Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

95% gravel5% paved

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 86°F57°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity74%
Rained 0.2″ 3 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:43 PM
Wed 89°70° 34%
Thu 88°68° 38%
Fri 88°68° 60%
Sat 86°67° 42%
Sun 92°69° 16%
Mon 88°70° 33%

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Transit-accessible: Grandhaven Stop stop 768 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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