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Sand Run Metro Park

Buckeye / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 366 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Buckeye / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Sand Run Metro Park near Fairlawn, OH. It climbs 366 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 961 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Parkway Jogging Trail 41.13279, -81.59592
Nearest town Fairlawn, OH
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Buckeye / Valley Link Trail & Parkway Jogging Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 366 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 759–962 ft

Out & Back · Sand Run Metro Park

Trailhead: Parkway Jogging Trail · 41.13279, -81.59592

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 SE.
  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 SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.9 miReach Parkway Jogging Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.9 miBear left onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 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 NW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 1.6 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-valley-link-trail-parkway-jogging-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

63% gravel30% dirt7% paved

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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