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Columbia Reservation

Hitchcock Lake & Oxbow Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 45 min

Hitchcock Lake & Oxbow Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Columbia Reservation near Columbia Center, OH. The route reaches Hitchcock Lake. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi761 – 797 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Connector Trail 41.31020, -81.92299
Nearest town Columbia Center, OH
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Hitchcock Lake & Oxbow Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 45 min

Elevation 763–797 ft

Out & Back · Columbia Reservation

Trailhead: Connector Trail · 41.31020, -81.92299

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

  1. Start on Connector Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Hitchcock Lake.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Heron Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Oxbow Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miReach Hitchcock Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Heron Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear right onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
  11. 350 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/hitchcock-lake-hitchcock-lake-out-back-3-lakes-4-km

Trail surface

28% paved72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.

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