Horse Trail is a 3-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 ft3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Horse Trail 41.53927, -83.86364
Nearest town South Swanton, OH
Directions
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Horse Trail
3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 1 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
- Start on Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 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 E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Horse Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 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 W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
22% dirt78% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM
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