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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Evergreen Lake–Mallard Lake, 9 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Evergreen Lake–Mallard Lake, 9 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near East Swanton, OH. The route passes Evergreen Lake and Mallard Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi640 – 682 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Evergreen Trail 41.54457, -83.83989
Nearest town East Swanton, OH
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Evergreen Lake–Mallard Lake, 9 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 641–681 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Evergreen Trail · 41.54457, -83.83989

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Evergreen Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miSharp right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 450 ftReach Evergreen Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 450 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miPass Evergreen Lake.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Wabash Cannonball Side Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  15. 200 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  16. 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
  19. 300 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Horseshoe Lake Trail, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  24. 350 ftPass Mallard Lake.
  25. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn left onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right onto Ferns & Lakes Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.5 miSharp right onto Evergreen Trail, heading SE.
  30. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  31. 200 ftContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading N.
  32. 300 ftBear right onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  33. 150 ftContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading N.
  34. 0.5 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/evergreen-lake-mallard-lake-out-back-12-sights-9-km-6713

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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