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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
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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 Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:46 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blues-creek-fishing-area-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 8:02 PM for the 8:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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