Blue Lake & Eastwood MetroPark Beach via Mad River Recreation Trail
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Blue Lake & Eastwood MetroPark Beach via Mad River Recreation Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Eastwood MetroPark near East Dayton, OH. The route passes Eastwood MetroPark Beach before reaching Blue Lake at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Lake & Eastwood MetroPark Beach via Mad River Recreation Trail
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 745–764 ft
Out & Back · Eastwood MetroPark
Trailhead: Mad River Recreation Trail · 39.77376, -84.16053
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 8:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mad River Recreation Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miPass Eastwood MetroPark Beach.
- 150 ftPass Blue Lake.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Blue Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 7:52 PM for the 8:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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