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Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Horse Trail via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

4.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Horse Trail via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork) is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swissaire Estates, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 686 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55657, -83.87342
Nearest town Swissaire Estates, OH
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Horse Trail via Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)

4.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 643–685 ft

Out & Back · Oak Openings Preserve Metropark

Trailhead: 41.55657, -83.87342

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading E.
  3. 1.7 miTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 150 ftBear right onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miReach Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Openings Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork), heading NW.
  14. 1.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 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-8-km-e7df

Trail surface

70% paved30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:22 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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