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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Ferns & Lakes Trail via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

3 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Ferns & Lakes Trail via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 3-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 676 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

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

3 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 643–676 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 E.
  3. 1.4 miTurn left onto Ferns & Lakes Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
  5. 100 ftReach Ferns & Lakes Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Ferns & Lakes Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
  8. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 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-lakes-trail-out-back

Trail surface

91% paved1% dirt8% 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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