AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Horse Trail

6.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Horse Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near East Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi663 – 679 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55213, -83.83947
Nearest town East Swanton, OH
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Horse Trail

6.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 664–679 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.55213, -83.83947

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miReach Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading S.
  18. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miArrive 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/horse-trail-out-back-10-km-35d4

Trail surface

36% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:38 PM

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