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Echo Pond–Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 341 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Echo Pond–Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Sand Run Metro Park near Cranmer, OH. The route reaches Echo Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 341 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 988 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Buckeye / Valley Link Trail 41.12981, -81.55084
Nearest town Cranmer, OH
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Echo Pond–Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 341 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 759–988 ft

Out & Back · Sand Run Metro Park

Trailhead: Buckeye / Valley Link Trail · 41.12981, -81.55084

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.9 miBear left onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading W.
  7. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftSharp left onto Fernwood Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Cherry Lane Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftReach Echo Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Fernwood Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.9 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/echo-pond-echo-pond-out-back-4-sights-7-km

Trail surface

65% dirt34% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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