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Sand Run Metro Park

Echo Pond–Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, 3 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Echo Pond–Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, 3 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Sand Run Metro Park near Cranmer, OH. The route reaches Echo Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 296 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 988 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail 41.12890, -81.53905
Nearest town Cranmer, OH
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Echo Pond–Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, 3 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 759–988 ft

Out & Back · Sand Run Metro Park

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail · 41.12890, -81.53905

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start on Buckeye / Valley Link Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Parcours Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miPass Echo Pond.
  13. 500 ftTurn right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftSharp left onto Fernwood Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miReach Echo Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right onto Nuthatch Trail Connector, heading W.
  17. 250 ftTurn left onto Nuthatch Trail, heading W.
  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. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Parkway Jogging Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Parcours / Valley Link Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right onto Parcours Trail, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Buckeye / Parkway Jogging / Valley Link Trail, heading E.
  28. 0.2 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-8-km

Trail surface

73% gravel25% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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