Ferns & Lakes Trail–Sand Dunes Trail, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi643 – 692 ft5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) 41.55631, -83.88267
Nearest town Swissaire Estates, OH
Directions
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Ferns & Lakes Trail–Sand Dunes Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 643–692 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) · 41.55631, -83.88267
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
- Start on Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Ferns & Lakes Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Sand Dunes Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading N.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
37% paved6% dirt1% sand56% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:23 AMSunset 7:36 PM
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