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

5 mi · ▲ 181 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Sand Run Metro Park near Cranmer, OH. It is mostly level, with 181 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 853 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail 41.12890, -81.53905
Nearest town Cranmer, OH
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Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail

5 mi · ▲ 181 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 759–852 ft

Out & Back · Sand Run Metro Park

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail · 41.12890, -81.53905

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Parcours Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.8 miReach Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  12. 500 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Parcours Trail, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Valley Link Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.2 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/buckeye-parkway-jogging-parcours-valley-link-trail-parkway-jogging-trail-out-back-3-sights-8-km

Trail surface

92% gravel6% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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