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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Blazing Star Trail–Evergreen Trail, 7 sights

11.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Blazing Star Trail–Evergreen Trail, 7 sights is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near East Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 682 ft12.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Evergreen Trail 41.54457, -83.83989
Nearest town East Swanton, OH
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Blazing Star Trail–Evergreen Trail, 7 sights

11.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 643–683 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Evergreen Trail · 41.54457, -83.83989

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Evergreen Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading E.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading N.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ferns & Lake Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading S.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.7 miTurn left onto Hognose Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blazing Star Trail, heading NE.
  20. 200 ftBear left onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Racer Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  24. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oaks Two Way Trail, heading W.
  28. 0.4 miReach Evergreen Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Blue Racer Trail, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading E.
  36. 0.1 miBear right onto Blazing Star Trail, heading E.
  37. 200 ftTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
  38. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hognose Trail, heading S.
  39. 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  40. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  41. 100 ftBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading S.
  42. 0.3 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading S.
  43. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  44. 0.7 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
  45. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ferns & Lake Trail, heading E.
  46. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  47. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  48. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  49. 100 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  50. 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
  51. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  52. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading E.
  53. 200 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  54. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading E.
  55. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blazing-star-trail-ferns-lake-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

38% dirt7% paved55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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