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Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park

Darby Creek Greenway Trail & Darby Dan Training Loop

11.6 mi · ▲ 202 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Darby Creek Greenway Trail & Darby Dan Training Loop is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park near Georgesville, OH. It is mostly level, with 202 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi824 – 932 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.88812, -83.21328
Nearest town Georgesville, OH
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Darby Creek Greenway Trail & Darby Dan Training Loop

11.6 mi · ▲ 202 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 823–930 ft

Out & Back · Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park

Trailhead: 39.88812, -83.21328

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:19 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Terrace Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left onto Camp Chase Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Indian Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miBear right onto Cobshell Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  9. 3.9 miContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading N.
  12. 200 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading N.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftReach Darby Dan Training Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading NW.
  23. 200 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Darby Dan Training Loop, heading E.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Greenway Trail, heading E.
  26. 3.9 miBear left, heading S.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cobshell Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.2 miBear left onto Indian Ridge Trail, heading E.
  30. 0.4 miTurn right onto Camp Chase Trail, heading W.
  31. 0.1 miBear right onto Terrace Trail, heading S.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/darby-creek-greenway-trail-darby-dan-training-loop-out-back-19-km-a1a8

Trail surface

89% gravel2% paved1% grass8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:19 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~123 min). Leave by 5:12 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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