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Mount Airy Forest

Colerain Trail (A)–Ponderosa Trail (B), 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 892 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Colerain Trail (A)–Ponderosa Trail (B), 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Mount Airy Forest near Mount Airy Center, OH. It climbs 892 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi532 – 837 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16236, -84.56806
Nearest town Mount Airy Center, OH
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Colerain Trail (A)–Ponderosa Trail (B), 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 892 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 532–835 ft

Out & Back · Mount Airy Forest

Trailhead: 39.16236, -84.56806

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 8:48 PM

Transit-accessible: West Fork Rd & Todd Ave stop 358 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftSharp left onto Furnas Trail (F), heading N.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Quarry Trail (D), heading SE.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right onto Stone Steps, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Oak Trail (C), heading N.
  6. 0.5 miSharp right onto Ponderosa Trail (B), heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Colerain Trail (A), heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miReach Quarry Trail (D), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miBear right onto Ponderosa Trail (B), heading SE.
  10. 0.7 miSharp left onto Red Oak Trail (C), heading W.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right onto Stone Steps, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ponderosa Trail (B), heading W.
  13. 0.9 miBear left onto Furnas Trail (F), heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  15. 100 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/colerain-trail-a-ponderosa-trail-b-out-back-4-sights-10-km-004d

Trail surface

91% dirt7% rock2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 8:48 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: West Fork Rd & Todd Ave stop 358 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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