Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Blazing Star Trail–Hognose Section, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Blazing Star Trail–Hognose Section, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi656 – 682 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.57154, -83.88853
Nearest town Swissaire Estates, OH

Directions

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Blazing Star Trail–Hognose Section, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 656–684 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.57154, -83.88853

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Hognose Section, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oaks Two Way Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Blue Racer Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blazing Star Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miReach Hognose Section, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Racer Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oaks Two Way Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hognose Section, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 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 surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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