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Oak Ridge Prairie County Park

Chesapeake & Ohio Greenway & Oak Savannah Trail

10.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Chesapeake & Ohio Greenway & Oak Savannah Trail is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Oak Ridge Prairie County Park near Griffith, IN. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi617 – 653 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.51493, -87.42469
Nearest town Griffith, IN
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Chesapeake & Ohio Greenway & Oak Savannah Trail

10.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Elevation 617–655 ft

Out & Back · Oak Ridge Prairie County Park

Trailhead: 41.51493, -87.42469

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftSharp right onto Erie Lackawanna Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Savannah Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Chesapeake & Ohio Greenway, heading SE.
  5. 4.3 miReach Oak Savannah Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 4.2 miContinue straight onto Oak Savannah Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Erie Lackawanna Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  9. 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/chesapeake-ohio-greenway-oak-savannah-trail-out-back-17-km

Trail surface

58% paved42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 4:55 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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