Horse Trail is a 2.2-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 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi646 – 669 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Horse Trail 41.53635, -83.85556
Nearest town East Swanton, OH
Directions
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Horse Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min
Elevation 648–671 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: Horse Trail · 41.53635, -83.85556
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Horse Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 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
19% dirt81% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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