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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie Trail, heading S.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Wildflower Loop Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Deer Lick Loop, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miPass Brecksville Reservation Beach.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading E.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading E.
  18. 250 ftTurn left onto Station Road Connector, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading E.
  20. 1.7 miTurn left onto Old Carriage Trail, heading SE.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto Red Lock Trail, heading SE.
  22. 1.5 miTurn right onto Bike and Hike Trail, heading E.
  23. 50 ftReach Brecksville Reservation Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Lock Trail, heading E.
  25. 1.5 miTurn left onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NW.
  26. 200 ftTurn right onto Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading NW.
  27. 1.7 miTurn left onto Station Road Connector, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right onto Station Bridle Path, heading N.
  29. 250 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading N.
  31. 100 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading N.
  33. 100 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading N.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading NW.
  35. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Station Bridle Path, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, heading W.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Lick Loop, heading W.
  39. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftTurn right onto Wildflower Loop Trail, heading W.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  42. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Trail, heading W.
  43. 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 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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