Chapin Forest Reservation
Gildersleeve Mountain–Lucky Stone Loop Overlook, 4 summits
2.1 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 48 min
Gildersleeve Mountain–Lucky Stone Loop Overlook, 4 summits is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Chapin Forest Reservation near South Church, OH. The route passes Quarry Pond and Gildersleeve Mountain before reaching Lucky Stone Loop Overlook at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 205 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gildersleeve Mountain–Lucky Stone Loop Overlook, 4 summits
2.1 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 48 min
Elevation 978–1,158 ft
Out & Back · Chapin Forest Reservation
Trailhead: 41.60088, -81.34860
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 76°F / low 65° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Quarry Pond.
- 450 ftBear left onto Stonecutters Loop Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Quarry Access Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Quarry Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Turkey Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lucky Stone Loop Access Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lucky Stone Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Lucky Stone Loop Overlook.
- 200 ftReach Gildersleeve Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lucky Stone Loop Access Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Turkey Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Quarry Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Quarry Access Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Stonecutters Loop Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right onto Buckeye Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Quarry Pond–Lucky Stone Loop Trail, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 300 ft
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