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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

  1. Start on Horse Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
  6. 300 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  9. 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
  13. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftSharp left onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  17. 200 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  21. 300 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  25. 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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