AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Front Street via Buck Creek Scenic Trail

5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Front Street via Buck Creek Scenic Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Springfield, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi919 – 988 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Simon Kenton Trail 39.92175, -83.80392
Nearest town Springfield, OH
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Front Street via Buck Creek Scenic Trail

5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 918–987 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Simon Kenton Trail · 39.92175, -83.80392

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 8:47 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Simon Kenton Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.5 miTurn left onto Buck Creek Scenic Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1 miReach Front Street, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1 miTurn right onto Simon Kenton Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.5 miArrive 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/buck-creek-scenic-trail-out-back-8-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 8:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 8:18 PM for the 8:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM — 6 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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