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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Horse Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min

Horse Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near South Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi646 – 676 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse Trail 41.53927, -83.86364
Nearest town South Swanton, OH
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Horse Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min

Elevation 648–678 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Horse Trail · 41.53927, -83.86364

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:22 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

  1. Start on Horse Trail, heading NE.
  2. 200 ftTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  10. 300 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  14. 250 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  15. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 300 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
  17. 200 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  21. 300 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  25. 450 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  28. 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/horse-trail-out-back-4-km-fbd6

Trail surface

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM

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