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Horse Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near South Swanton, OH. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi646 – 676 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse Trail 41.54556, -83.86375
Nearest town South Swanton, OH

Directions

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Horse Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 647–677 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: Horse Trail · 41.54556, -83.86375

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:23 AM · sunset 7:36 PM

  1. Start on Horse Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  9. 300 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  12. 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
  16. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 100 ftSharp left onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  20. 200 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  21. 500 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  22. 100 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading N.
  24. 300 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oak Openings Hiking & Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miBear right onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

23% dirt1% boardwalk76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:23 AMSunset 7:36 PM

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