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Wildwood Preserve Metropark

Floodplain Trail (Blue)–Prairie Trail (Purple), 4 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 54 min

Floodplain Trail (Blue)–Prairie Trail (Purple), 4 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Wildwood Preserve Metropark near Central Avenue Park, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi594 – 640 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67747, -83.67006
Nearest town Central Avenue Park, OH
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Floodplain Trail (Blue)–Prairie Trail (Purple), 4 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 54 min

Elevation 595–641 ft

Out & Back · Wildwood Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.67747, -83.67006

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear right onto Brown Trail (Walk/Bike Path), heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Loop Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Brown Trail (Walk/Bike Path), heading E.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto WildWood Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.6 miReach WildWood Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Brown Trail (Walk/Bike Path), heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left onto Floodplain Trail (Blue), heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Upland Woods Trail (Red), heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Prairie Trail (Purple), heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 100 ftTurn right onto Brown Trail (Walk/Bike Path), heading W.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 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/floodplain-trail-blue-prairie-trail-purple-out-back-4-sights-4-km

Trail surface

52% paved48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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