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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Hognose Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Oak Openings Hiking Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Hognose Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Oak Openings Hiking Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near East Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 682 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55579, -83.85398
Nearest town East Swanton, OH
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Hognose Trail & Wabash Cannonball Connector via Oak Openings Hiking Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 643–681 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.55579, -83.85398

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading W.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto Hognose Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miReach Wabash Cannonball Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 100 ftBear right onto Wabash Cannonball Connector, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 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/hognose-trail-wabash-cannonball-connector-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

52% dirt31% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:38 PM

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