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Hardy Loop–Peninsula Loop, 4 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Hampton Hills Mountain Bike Area near Botzum, OH. It is mostly level, with 228 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi745 – 951 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.15921, -81.56495
Nearest town Botzum, OH

Directions

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Hardy Loop–Peninsula Loop, 4 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 228 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 746–953 ft

Out & Back · Hampton Hills Mountain Bike Area

Trailhead: 41.15921, -81.56495

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Peninsula Loop, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hardy Loop, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Woodward Creek Loop, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Loop, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Straightaway, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto A Loop, heading S.
  10. 50 ftReach Hardy Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Straightaway, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Upper Loop, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Woodward Creek Loop, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Hardy Loop, heading NE.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left onto Peninsula Loop, heading W.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 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.

Trail surface

71% dirt20% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead