Blues Creek Park

Blues Creek fishing area & Blue Stem Trail

2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 41 min

Blues Creek fishing area & Blue Stem Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Blues Creek Park near Fairview Corners, OH. The route reaches Blues Creek fishing area. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 971 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.28328, -83.24065
Nearest town Fairview Corners, OH

Directions

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Blues Creek fishing area & Blue Stem Trail

2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 41 min

Elevation 922–972 ft

Out & Back · Blues Creek Park

Trailhead: 40.28328, -83.24065

Weather Sep 20: Rain showers, high 80°F / low 68° · precip 60% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 500 ftPass Blues Creek fishing area.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Blue Stem Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miReach Blues Creek fishing area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Rain showersTemperature 80°F68°
Precip60%Wind11 mphUV5Humidity90%
Rained 0.2″ 3 days ago (0.6″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 11% rain1 AM: 5% rain2 AM: 10% rain3 AM: 26% rain4 AM: 20% rain5 AM: 33% rain6 AM: 34% rain7 AM: 41% rain8 AM: 43% rain9 AM: 36% rain10 AM: 44% rain11 AM: 49% rain12 PM: 32% rain1 PM: 23% rain2 PM: 6% rain3 PM: 7% rain4 PM: 3% rain5 PM: 4% rain6 PM: 10% rain7 PM: 12% rain8 PM: 18% rain9 PM: 31% rain10 PM: 48% rain11 PM: 60% rain
Sunrise 7:19 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:35 PM
Mon 67°59° 72%
Tue 65°57°
Wed 58°56° 23%
Thu 68°52°
Fri 67°46°
Sat 68°44°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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