Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Evergreen Lake–Evergreen Lake Trail, 5 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Evergreen Lake–Evergreen Lake Trail, 5 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Whitehouse, OH. The route reaches Evergreen Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Evergreen Lake–Evergreen Lake Trail, 5 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 641–685 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: Evergreen Lake Trail · 41.53538, -83.82900
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Evergreen Lake Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Evergreen Lake.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Oak Opening & Evergreen Lake Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Evergreen Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Oak Opening & Evergreen Lake Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Evergreen Lake Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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