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Girdled Road Reservation

Chickadee Trail & Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail via Oak Leaf Loop Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Chickadee Trail & Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail via Oak Leaf Loop Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Girdled Road Reservation near West Bass Lake, OH. It climbs 448 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi869 – 1,093 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South Meadow Trail 41.64292, -81.17752
Nearest town West Bass Lake, OH
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Chickadee Trail & Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail via Oak Leaf Loop Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 868–1,093 ft

Out & Back · Girdled Road Reservation

Trailhead: South Meadow Trail · 41.64292, -81.17752

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South Meadow Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Green Darner Trail, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.3 miBear right onto Chickadee Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Surveyor's Woods Loop Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftReach Chickadee Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Chickadee Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miBear left onto Oak Leaf Loop Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1.3 miTurn right onto Green Darner Trail, heading W.
  11. 450 ftBear right onto South Meadow Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 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/chickadee-trail-surveyors-woods-loop-trail-out-back-8-km-19ac

Trail surface

88% gravel12% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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