Brecksville Reservation Beach–Red Lock Trail, 3 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Brecksville, OH. The route reaches Brecksville Reservation Beach. It climbs 502 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi627 – 919 ft11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail 41.31859, -81.61905
Nearest town Brecksville, OH
Directions
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Brecksville Reservation Beach–Red Lock Trail, 3 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 3 hr 33 min
Elevation 626–917 ft
Out & Back · Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Trailhead: North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail · 41.31859, -81.61905
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wildflower Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Deer Lick Loop, heading SW.
- 0.7 miPass Brecksville Reservation Beach.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Station Road Connector, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Old Carriage Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Red Lock Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Bike and Hike Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Brecksville Reservation Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Lock Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Station Road Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Station Bridle Path, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Lick Loop, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wildflower Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
62% dirt33% gravel2% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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