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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Ferns & Lake Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

4.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Ferns & Lake Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 682 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55657, -83.87342
Nearest town Swissaire Estates, OH
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Ferns & Lake Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

4.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 643–683 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.55657, -83.87342

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ferns & Lake Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  11. 150 ftReach Wabash Cannonball Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Ferns & Lake Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading S.
  18. 0.4 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading N.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  21. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ferns-lake-trail-out-back

Trail surface

19% paved13% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

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

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