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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Blazing Star Trail–Blue Racer Trail, 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Blazing Star Trail–Blue Racer Trail, 3 sights is a 3.9-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 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi650 – 676 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55657, -83.87342
Nearest town Swissaire Estates, OH
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Blazing Star Trail–Blue Racer Trail, 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 649–676 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.55657, -83.87342

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hognose Trail, heading E.
  5. 350 ftBear left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Hognose Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blazing Star Trail, heading N.
  9. 200 ftBear left onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Racer Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Beach Ridge Access Path, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Racer Trail, heading W.
  13. 250 ftReach Hognose Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto Beach Ridge Access Path, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Racer Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Oaks Two-Way Connector Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Blazing Star Trail, heading SE.
  19. 250 ftTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hognose Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.7 miBear right onto Hognose Trail, heading SW.
  23. 300 ftContinue straight onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading SE.
  25. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 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/blazing-star-trail-hognose-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

72% dirt1% paved27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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