Horse Trail is a 2.6-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 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi646 – 669 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Horse Trail 41.53635, -83.85556
Nearest town East Swanton, OH
Directions
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Horse Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min
Elevation 648–671 ft
Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Trailhead: Horse Trail · 41.53635, -83.85556
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:36 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 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
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:23 AMSunset 7:36 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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