AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Buckeye Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Buckeye Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Smyrna, OH. It climbs 500 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi912 – 1,155 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Buckeye Trail 40.16396, -81.23276
Nearest town Smyrna, OH
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Buckeye Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 912–1,154 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Buckeye Trail · 40.16396, -81.23276

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:51 PM

  1. Start on Buckeye Trail, heading N.
  2. 4.7 miReach Buckeye Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 4.7 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-trail-out-back-8b4c

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:18 PM.

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