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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Ferns & Lakes Trail–Sand Dunes Trail, 3 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Ferns & Lakes Trail–Sand Dunes Trail, 3 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near South Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 689 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail 41.55724, -83.87028
Nearest town South Swanton, OH
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Ferns & Lakes Trail–Sand Dunes Trail, 3 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 643–688 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Oak Openings Hiking Trail · 41.55724, -83.87028

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right onto Ferns & Lakes Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ferns & Lakes / Sand Dunes Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miReach Wabash Cannonball Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  10. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
  12. 0.7 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading W.
  13. 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/ferns-lakes-trail-sand-dunes-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

23% paved9% dirt1% sand67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:23 AMSunset 7:36 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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