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Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi) is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Highbanks Metro Park near Mount Air, OH. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 929 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.14895, -83.04152
Nearest town Mount Air, OH

Directions

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Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi)

3.6 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 758–927 ft

Out & Back · Highbanks Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.14895, -83.04152

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:44 PM

Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Big Meadows Path (1 mi), heading E.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi), heading N.
  10. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Overlook Trail (2.3 mi), heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dripping Rock Trail (2.5 mi), heading NW.
  15. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Big Meadows Path (1 mi), heading NW.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 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 surface

72% gravel8% paved4% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:44 PM

Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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