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Sand Run Metro Park

Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 199 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Sand Run Metro Park near Fairlawn, OH. It is mostly level, with 199 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 971 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Parkway Jogging Trail 41.13365, -81.59727
Nearest town Fairlawn, OH
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Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 199 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 759–970 ft

Out & Back · Sand Run Metro Park

Trailhead: Parkway Jogging Trail · 41.13365, -81.59727

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Parkway Jogging Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miReach Parkway Jogging Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 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/buckeye-parkway-jogging-parcours-valley-link-trail-parkway-jogging-trail-out-back-3-sights-10-km

Trail surface

89% gravel10% paved1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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