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Mount Airy Forest

Beechwood Trail (H)–Furnas Trail (F), 3 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Beechwood Trail (H)–Furnas Trail (F), 3 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Airy Forest near Cumminsville, OH. It climbs 654 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi502 – 853 ft · steepest grade: 29%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Oak Trail (C) 39.16372, -84.55737
Nearest town Cumminsville, OH
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Beechwood Trail (H)–Furnas Trail (F), 3 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 501–852 ft

Out & Back · Mount Airy Forest

Trailhead: Red Oak Trail (C) · 39.16372, -84.55737

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 8:48 PM

Transit-accessible: West Fork Rd 1704 stop 35 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Oak Trail (C), heading NW.
  2. 500 ftTurn left onto Stone Steps, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ponderosa Trail (B), heading W.
  4. 0.9 miBear left onto Furnas Trail (F), heading W.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto Twin Bridge Trail (G), heading W.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Beechwood Trail (H), heading N.
  7. 0.3 miReach Quarry Trail (D), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Twin Bridge Trail (G), heading SW.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Furnas Trail (F), heading SW.
  10. 1.1 miBear right onto Quarry Trail (D), heading NW.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right onto Stone Steps, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Oak Trail (C), heading E.
  13. 450 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/furnas-trail-f-out-back-9-km-dbf0

Trail surface

91% dirt8% rock1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 8:48 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: West Fork Rd 1704 stop 35 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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